v35_0423 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE – ANTOINE / ANTHONY Quart de teston
MONNAIES 35 (2008)
Starting price : 160.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 422.00 €
Number of bids : 11
Maximum bid : 422.00 €
Starting price : 160.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 422.00 €
Number of bids : 11
Maximum bid : 422.00 €
Type : Quart de teston
Date: 1531
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart de teston est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine grise. Portrait bien venu à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ANTHON+ D+ G+ CALABR+ LOTHOR+ D.
Obverse description : Buste d'Antoine à gauche, cuirassé et couronné.
Obverse translation : (Antoine, par le grâce de Dieu, duc de Lorraine et de Calabre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Écu couronné accosté de deux croix de Lorraine ; au-dessous, sous un trait d'exergue 1531.
Commentary
Avec CALABR dans la légende du droit, Dominique Flon ne recense que des quarts de teston frappés à partir de 1532. Cet exemplaire montre que la frappe commença dès 1531.
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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