v31_1591 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES II Gros
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 230.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 320.00 €
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 230.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 320.00 €
Type : Gros
Date: c.1390-1420
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et légèrement voilé présentant un éclatement à 7 heures au droit. Une légère patine grise recouvre ce gros
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Elsen n° 84, lot n° 867
Obverse
Obverse legend : KAROLVS* DV-X* LOTHOR'.
Obverse description : Le duc debout de face couronné de roses, tenant l'épée haute de la main droite et tenant de sa main gauche un écu de Lorraine.
Obverse translation : (Charles, duc de Lorraine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONE-TA *F[C]-A'* IN* N-ANCEY.
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende, cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un K, aux 2 et 3 d’une aigle.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie faite à 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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