Live auction - bry_687646 - THE LEAGUE. COINAGE IN THE NAME OF HENRY III Quart de franc au col plat 1590 Toulouse
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 210 € |
| Maximum bid : | 210 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 August 2021 17:32:27 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Quart de franc au col plat
Date: 1590
Mint name / Town : Toulouse
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de poids léger et frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Usure régulière sur le buste. Léger tréflage au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HENRICVS. III. D. G. FRANC. ET POL. REX / 1590.
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Henri III, drapé et cuirassé à droite avec le col plat ; au-dessous la lettre d'atelier.
Obverse translation : (Henri III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs et des Polonais).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (MG). SIT. NOMEN. DOMINI. BENEDICTVM. (MM).
Reverse description : Croix feuillue et fleurdelisée, avec H en cœur.
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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