bry_388897 - THE LEAGUE. COINAGE IN THE NAME OF HENRY III Liard à la croix du Saint-Esprit 1593 Berre
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Price : 290.00 €
Type : Liard à la croix du Saint-Esprit
Date: 1593
Mint name / Town : Berre
Quantity minted : 323300
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 126 ‰
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,45 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce liard est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Usure régulière. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise et de poids lourd
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + HENR. III. D. [G. FR.] ET. PL. R. 1593.
Obverse description : H couronnée entre trois lis posés 2 et 1.
Obverse translation : (Henri III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs et des Polonais).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + SIT NOM. D. BENEDICTVM. M.
Reverse description : Croix de l'ordre du Saint-Esprit.
Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).
Historical background
THE LEAGUE. COINAGE IN THE NAME OF HENRY III
(1589-1598)
The Leaguers who opposed the coronation of Henry IV preferred Charles, Cardinal of Bourbon and uncle of the king, but he died a prisoner of his nephew in 1590. Many workshops continued to mint in the name of the late king well after his death. dead. The coinage of Leaguers in the name of Henri III ceased when Toulouse fell into the hands of Henri IV, January 24, 1596.
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