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Live auction - bfe_375640 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE – ANTOINE / ANTHONY Quart de teston

DUCHY OF LORRAINE – ANTOINE / ANTHONY Quart de teston AU/AU
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Estimate : 1 800 €
Price : 1 200 €
Maximum bid : 1 610 €
End of the sale : 01 March 2016 16:48:16
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Quart de teston
Date: 1512
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,48 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce demi-teston est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et large. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine grise et présentant de très hauts reliefs. Le buste du duc est remarquablement bien venu à la frappe. D’infimes faiblesses de frappe au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Dominique Flon (n° 57, p. 592) provenant de la vente Münzen und Medaillen AG de Bâle, du 30 octobre 1979, n° 33 et resté dans une collection privée depuis cette date

Obverse


Obverse legend : (CROIX DE LORRAINE) ANTHONX LOTHORX ETX BARX DVX, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX SAUTOIRS SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Buste d'Antoine à gauche, cuirassé et couronné.
Obverse translation : (Antoine, duc de Lorraine et duc de Bar).

Reverse


Reverse legend : MONETAX NANCEIX’ CVSAX, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX SAUTOIRS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Écu aux armes pleines de Lorraine à six quartiers timbré d’une couronne ducale ; 1512 sous un trait d’exergue.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie frappée à Nancy, 1512).

Commentary


Ce type monétaire ne fut frappé qu’en 1512, au même type que les testons. À partir de 1513 un nouveau type de quarts de testons est apparu, sans légende et avec deux croix de Lorraine en accostement de l’écu de France.

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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