Live auction - bry_967277 - THE LEAGUE. COINAGE IN THE NAME OF HENRY III Quart de franc au col plat (gaufré) 1587 Poitiers
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Live starting : Type : Quart de franc au col plat (gaufré)
Date: 1587
Mint name / Town : Poitiers
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,51 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan large et irrégulier. Hauts reliefs. D’infimes taches vertes au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HENRICVS. III. D. G. FR. ET. POL. REX. (CROISSANT), (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste de Henri III lauré, drapé et cuirassé à droite avec le col gaufré ; au-dessous la lettre d'atelier.
Obverse translation : (Henri III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs et des Polonais).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + SIT NOMEN DOMINI BEN 1587 (MM).
Reverse description : Croix feuillue et fleurdelisée, avec une 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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