Live auction - bfe_851236 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES IV Teston
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 17:30:32 |
Type : Teston
Date: 1669
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 757 ‰
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce teston est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier et voilé. Reliefs un peu faibles au niveau du buste et de la partie basse de l’écu
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLVS. IIII. D. G - .LOT. ET. B. DVX.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Charles IV, drapé et cuirassé, avec une cravate.
Obverse translation : (Charles, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Lorraine et de Bar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONETA. NOVA. NANCEII CVSA. 1669, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 1 HEURE).
Reverse description : Écu sous une couronne ducale coupant la légende en haut, écartelé au 1 : parti en a de Hongrie, en b de Naples ; au 2 : parti en a de Jérusalem, en b d'Aragon ; au 3 : en a d'Anjou, en b de Gueldre ; au 4 : en a de Flandre, en b de Bar ; sur le tout de Lorraine.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle frappée à Nancy).
Commentary
Millésime rare pour ce type monétaire.
Historical background
DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES IV
(1625-1675)
Charles de Vaudémont was the cousin and fiancé of Nicole de Lorraine, daughter of Henry I of Lorraine who died in 1624 without a male heir. In 1624, Nicole inherited the Duchy of Lorraine according to her father's will. In 1625, it was dispossessed of it in favor of Charles IV, whose personal reign began in 1625. Charles IV entered the league formed against France, gave asylum in 1630 to Gaston d'Orléans, the brother of the King of France, who was in disgrace and, on January 13, 1630, even secretly married his sister Marguerite to Gaston d'Orléans. His positions against the troops of the King of Sweden, Gustave II Adolphe, an ally of France in the conflict of the Thirty Years' War, gave Louis XIII the opportunity to conquer the Duchy of Lorraine. The conquest was short and Charles IV abdicated in Mirecourt on January 19, 1634 in favor of his brother Nicolas François. He retired to Besançon and never stopped fighting the French troops; he recovered his duchy in 1661, after their departure.
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