Live auction - bfe_347929 - LORRAINE - DUCHY OF BAR - RENÉ I OF ANJOU Gos d'argent de Saint-Mihiel
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| Estimate : | 580 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 31 March 2015 16:23:21 |
Type : Gos d'argent de Saint-Mihiel
Date: c. 1422-1431
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Saint-Mihiel
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large, irrégulier et présente quelques faiblesse de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + RENATI* DVX* BAR[R]EN* Z* LOTHO 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* NOVA - *DE* S* MICHAE.
Reverse description : Épée en pal coupant la légende et accostée d’un bar accompagnée de deux croisettes etd’ un alérion.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle frappée à Saint-Mihiel).
Commentary
Variété de légende de droit avec LOThO à la place de LOTh. Le gros à ce type est nettement plus rare que le demi-gros.
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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