Live auction - bfe_397751 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES II Gros au lion heaumé
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| Estimate : | 2 400 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 16:57:38 |
Type : Gros au lion heaumé
Date: c. 1400-1430
Mint name / Town : Sierck-lès-Bains
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant d’infimes faiblesses de frappe et recouvert d’une jolie patine grise de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : KAROLVS+ DVX[+ L]OTHOR’-+, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX CROISETTES SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Lion accroupi, portant un heaume couronné timbré d'une aigle, tenant de sa patte droite une épée, de sa main gauche un écu aux armes de Lorraine.
Obverse translation : (Charles, duc de Lorraine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONE-TA+ FC-A+ S-IERK’+, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE CROISETTE).
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende, cantonnée de quatre petits alérions.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie frappée à 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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