bfe_661029 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES III THE GREAT DUKE Quart de teston
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Type : Quart de teston
Date: 1581
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart de teston est frappé sur un flan voilé, large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise de médaillier. Concrétions rouges au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (CROIX DE LORRAINE) CAROLVS. D. G. CAL. LOTH. B. GEL. DVX.
Obverse description : Buste barbu de Charles III cuirassé, la tête nue à droite, avec le petit col fraisé.
Obverse translation : (Charles, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Calabre, Lorraine, Bar et Gueldre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONETA. NOVA. NANCEII. CVSA.
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé, au 1 mi-parti de Hongrie et de Naples (Anjou-Sicile), au 2 mi-parti de Jérusalem et d'Aragon, au 3 mi-parti d'Anjou et de Gueldre, au 4 de Flandre et de Bar, brochant sur le tout un écu de Lorraine ; l’écu est accosté de deux croix de Lorraine ; sous un trait d’exergue .1581..
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle frappée à Nancy).
Historical background
DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES III THE GREAT DUKE
(1545-1608)
Charles III (1543-1608) is the son of François Ier (1544 -1545) and Christine of Denmark, the niece of Charles V. He was born in Nancy on February 18, 1543 and died there on May 14, 1608. Succeeding his father on June 12, 1545 under the regency of his mother, he was declared of age in 1555 and married Claude de France, the daughter of Henri II, in 1560. He tried to maintain strict neutrality between France and the Empire. Deeply Catholic, he fought fiercely against Protestantism. With the accession of François II and Marie Stuart, Guise by his mother, Charles enjoys a great credit at the court of France which is maintained under Charles IX. He founded the academy of Pont-à-Mousson and decided that the year would begin on January 1 from 1580. He embellished Nancy. From 1584, he joined the Holy League in order to overthrow his brother-in-law Henri III by helping and financing his cousin the Duke of Guise. After the death of Guise, then Henri III, he supported the Duke of Mayenne and signed peace with Henri IV in 1595. Henri, son of Charles, married Catherine de Bourbon, sister of Henri IV, in 1598. Charles died in 1608 in a peaceful Lorraine.
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