v09_1007 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES II Gros
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 289.65 €
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 289.65 €
Type : Gros
Date: c. 1390-1430
Mint name / Town : Sierck-lès-Bains
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan assez large mais légèrement voilé. Flan fendu à 11 heures en raison d'une frappe vigoureuse. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : KAROLVS+ DVX+ LOTHOR.
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+ IN+ S-IERK+.
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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