v52_0883 - LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - ARTHUR OF BRITTANY Denier
MONNAIES 52 (2012)
Starting price : 550.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 550.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 700.00 €
Starting price : 550.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 550.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 700.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1275-1303
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,85 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène et sur lequel la croix du droit apparaît en négatif au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ARTVRI VICE. C..
Obverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 2 d’un annelet.
Obverse translation : (Arthur, vicomte).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + LEMOVICENSIS.
Reverse description : Écu écartelé de Dreux et de Limoges.
Reverse translation : (de Limoges).
Historical background
LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - ARTHUR OF BRITTANY
(1275-1303)
In 1275, Arthur marries Marie de Limoges, becoming by his marriage Viscount of Limoges. From this first marriage he had three children, two of whom survived him, the future Duke of Brittany Jean III le Bon and Guy, father of Jeanne de Penthièvre, who married Charles de Blois in 1337. In his second marriage, he married Yolande de Dreux whose he will have a son, the future Duke of Brittany Jean IV.
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