Live auction - bfe_625183 - LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - JOHN III OF BRITTANY Denier
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 January 2021 17:51:55 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier
Date: c.1328-1329
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Limoges
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 292 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,85 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et voilé. Belle patine foncée. Les reliefs sont nets ce qui est rare pour ce type monétaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + (TRÈFLE) I DVX BRITNIE (TRÈFLE).
Obverse description : Champ écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Bretagne, aux 2 et 3 de Dreux.
Obverse translation : (Jean, duc des Bretons).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +* VICE* C* LEMOVIC, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE QUADRILOBE ÉVIDÉ).
Reverse description : Croix pattée cantonnée au 4 d’une L.
Reverse translation : (Vicomte de Limoges).
Historical background
LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - JOHN III OF BRITTANY
(1301-1339)
Jean III (1286-1341) is the son of Arthur II of Brittany. His father instituted him viscount of Limoges in 1301, then he became duke of Brittany in 1305, but died in 1312. Jean III le Bon therefore in turn became duke of Brittany. In 1314, he gave the Viscountcy of Limoges to his brother Guy VII (1314-1317). After Guy's death, he instituted the viscountcy as a dower for the benefit of his wife Isabelle de Castille. But Isabelle died in 1328. He remarried Joan of Savoy in 1329 and offered Limoges as a dower to his second wife. He recognized Philippe VI de Valois as King of France and was wounded at the Battle of Cassel. He became Earl of Richmond in 1333 and paid homage to Edward III of England for this earldom. Without an heir, he married his niece Jeanne to Charles de Blois and died in Caen in 1341 after having supported Philippe VI in the Hundred Years War which began.
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