v44_0603 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES II Petit gros
MONNAIES 44 (2010)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Petit gros
Date: c. 1400-1430
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce petit gros est frappé sur un flan assez large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : KAROLVS* DVX - LOTHOR* Z* M, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE À CINQ PÉTALES).
Obverse description : Le duc debout de face, couronné, tenant l'épée haute de la main droite, en cotte à la bande aux trois alérions, coupant la légende en haut et en bas.
Obverse translation : (Charles, duc de Lorraine et...).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MON-ETA- *DE* N-ANCI (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE À CINQ PÉTALES) ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + BNDICTV'* SIT* NOME'* DNI'* NRI'* IHV'* XPI'*, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ÉTOILES À SIX RAIS).
Reverse description : Croix pattée coupant la légende intérieure.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Nancy ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ).
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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