Live auction - bry_354687 - HENRY VI OF LANCASTER Angelot d'or 24/05/1427 Léopard
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| Estimate : | 8 500 € |
| Price : | 7 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 8 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 16:12:11 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Angelot d'or
Date: 24/05/1427
Mint name / Town : Léopard
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 2,22 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cet angelot est frappé sur un flan large, régulier et légèrement irrégulier. Reliefs plus nets au droit qu’au revers. Coup sur l’écu de droit se caractérisant par une protubérance au revers
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection L.G.
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉOPARD) HENRICVS: FRAHCORV: ET: ANGLIE: REX.
Obverse description : L'archange Gabriel à mi-corps de france, les ailes éployées, tenant les écus accotés de France et de France-Angleterre.
Obverse translation : (Henri, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs et des Anglais).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉOPARD) XPC': VINCIT: XPC’: REGNAT: XPC': IMPERAT, (N ROMAINES ET RÉTROGRADES).
Reverse description : Croix latine plaine accostée d'un lis et d'un léopard.
Reverse translation : (Le Christ règne, le Christ règne, le Christ commande).
Commentary
L’angelot est une pièce rare qui n’a été retrouvée que pour les ateliers de Paris, Rouen, Saint-Lô et Troyes. Le 14 février 1429, l’atelier de Châlons-sur-Marne a reçu des coins pour la frappe de cette monnaie, toutefois aucun exemplaire ne semble avoir été retrouvé à ce jour (Cf. Laf. p. 94). Cet angelot de Rouen, sans marque de maître, fut frappé en 1433 ou 1434.
Historical background
HENRY VI OF LANCASTER
Henry VI is the son of Henry V and Catherine of France; he was born in Windsor on December 6, 1421. When his father died, he was only ten and a half months old. A period of regency began and it was his uncle, the Duke of Bedford, who administered the kingdom of England. The Duke of Bedford had Henry VI crowned in Paris on December 14, 1431. During his reign, the English lost almost all their possessions in France, keeping only Calais after the capitulation of Bordeaux on October 19, 1453. In 1445, he married to Marguerite d'Anjou, to whom he gave up part of his power, suffering from fits of madness like his maternal grandfather, the King of France Charles VI. The loss of French territories was at the origin of the Wars of the Roses which began in 1455 and ended with the coronation of Edward IV in 1461 and the flight of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou to Holland. In 1470, he was returned to the throne by Warwick, but Edward IV ended up having him imprisoned in the Tower of London where he died on May 21, 1471, probably assassinated..
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