bfe_841913 - LORRAINE - DUCHY OF BAR - RENÉ I OF ANJOU Demi-gros d'argent
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Price : 90.00 €
Type : Demi-gros d'argent
Date: c. 1422-1431
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Demi-gros frappé sur un flan un peu court et irrégulier présentant des manques et un éclatement. patine hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + RENATI* DVX* BARREN* Z* LOT’ M.
Obverse description : Champ écartelé d’Anjou et de Bar, un écusson de Lorraine brochant sur le tout.
Obverse translation : (René, duc de Bar et de Lorraine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONETA* FACT-A* IN* NANCEIO.
Reverse description : Épée en pal coupant la légende et accostée d’un bar accompagnée de deux croisettes et un alérion.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie frappée à Nancy).
Historical background
LORRAINE - DUCHY OF BAR - RENÉ I OF ANJOU
(1419-1480)
René of Anjou (1409-1480), better known as "Good King René" was also Count of Provence (1434-1480), Duke of Bar (1419-1480). By his marriage to Isabelle de Lorraine, the daughter of Duke Charles, he became Duke of Lorraine. He was also king of Naples (1438-1442), titular king of Sicily and nominal of Jerusalem (1434-1480). In Lorraine, he met the opposition of Antoine de Vaudemont until 1437. On the death of Isabella in 1453, he entrusted the administration of the duchy to Jean de Calabria.
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