v22_0807 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES II Denier
MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 215.00 €
Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 215.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1390-1430
Mint name / Town : Sierck-lès-Bains
Metal : billon
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et présentant des faiblesses de frappe au niveau des légendes. Une légère patine grise le recouvre.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + KAROLVS: DVX: LOTHO'.
Obverse description : Écu de Lorraine penché.
Obverse translation : (Charles, duc de Lorraine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONETA: - IN: SIERK.
Reverse description : Épée en pal, accostée de deux feuilles de houx.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Sierck).
Historical background
DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES II
(1390-1431)
Charles (1364-1431), son of John I and Sophie of Württemberg, married Margaret of Bavaria (+1434). Godson of Charles V the Wise, he was brought up in Paris. He fought the Moors in Africa, then the Slavs in Lithuania in 1399. He supported his father-in-law Rupert, raised to imperial dignity and was the ally of Jean sans Peur against Louis d'Orléans who supported Wenceslas, Duke of Luxembourg and competitor of his father-in-law at the Empire. In Lorraine, he had to face the Burgundians, Messins and Strasbourgeois. He was appointed constable of France after the assassination of Bernard d'Armagnac. Having lost his sons, in 1419 he married his daughter Isabelle to René d'Anjou (1409-1480), heir to the duchy of Bar, thus preparing for the reunification of the two duchies in the same family. Charles died in 1431.
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