v28_1337 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE – ANTOINE / ANTHONY Teston
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 160.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 471.00 €
Number of bids : 14
Maximum bid : 650.00 €
Starting price : 160.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 471.00 €
Number of bids : 14
Maximum bid : 650.00 €
Type : Teston
Date: 1544
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce teston est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise et sur lequel le portrait du duc est particulièrement bien venu à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (CROIX DE LORRAINE) ANTHON+ D+ G+ LOTHOR+ Z+ BAR+ G, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ANNELET).
Obverse description : Buste d'Antoine à gauche, cuirassé et couronné.
Obverse translation : (Antoine, duc de Lorraine et duc de Bar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONETA° NANCEII° CVSA, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ANNELET).
Reverse description : Écu écartelé et couronné ; à l’exergue 1544.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie frappée 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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