v48_0507 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES II Denier
MONNAIES 48 (2011)
Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: circa 1400-1430
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : billon
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 0,43 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe et recouvert d’une patine hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Pierre Verret (vendu avec étiquette)
Obverse
Obverse legend : + KAROL-VS+ DVX.
Obverse description : Écu de Lorraine sommé d’une aigle essorante.
Obverse translation : (Charles, duc).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONETA: D-E: NAN[CEI].
Reverse description : Épée en pal coupant la légende en bas, accostée de deux étoiles à cinq rais.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Nancy).
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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