bfe_742377 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE – ANTOINE / ANTHONY Gros d’un gros et demi
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Type : Gros d’un gros et demi
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,69 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ANTHON* D* G* CALAB4* LOTOZ* ET* B* D*, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX SAUTOIRS SUPERPOSÉS OU PAR SIMPLE SAUTOIR).
Obverse description : Écu de Lorraine aux six quartiers timbré d’une couronne à cinq feuilles d’ache.
Obverse translation : (Antoine, duc de Calabre, de Lorraine et de Bar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONETA* NOVA* FACTA[...]CEIO.
Reverse description : Dextrochère armé sortant des nuées.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle faite à Nancy).
Historical background
DUCHY OF LORRAINE – ANTOINE / ANTHONY
(1508-1544)
Antoine (1489-1544) is the son of René II and Philippa of Guelders; he succeeded his father in 1508. He had been raised at the Court of France with Louis XII and was knighted at the Battle of Agnadel in 1509. A friend of François I, he married Renée de Bourbon in 1515 and became famous at the Battle of Marignan. In 1517, the King of France was godfather to his eldest son François. Between Charles Quint who had just been elected emperor in 1521 and François I, Antoine always kept a strict neutrality. Several times, the Duke of Lorraine had to fight the troops of the German Calvinists. He favored the truce of Fère which was to last ten years (1538-1548) and died in 1544.
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