Live auction - bfe_421274 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - RENE II Teston
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| Estimate : | 20 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 14 March 2017 16:17:11 |
Type : Teston
Date: 1500
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,79 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce teston est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Reliefs un peu faibles au niveau du buste du roi. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine de médaillier plus marquée autour des reliefs
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection de feu Jules Florange (n° 46) et de la collection Wormser, vente Jean Vinchon de Monte-Carlo des 12-13 novembre 1982, n° 318
Obverse
Obverse legend : (AIGLE ÉPLOYÉE) RENATVS’ D’ G’ REX’ SICILLIE’ LOT’.’ DVX, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX LARMES SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Buste à droite du roi René couronné.
Obverse translation : (René, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Sicile, duc de Lorraine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + ADIWA’ NOS’ DEVS’ SALVTARIS’: NOSTER, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Écu couronné à multiples quartiers.
Commentary
Monnaie de la plus grande rareté et issue de collections prestigieuses. Il s’agit du premier teston pour la Lorraine et de la première pièce à portrait de cette région. Type frappé uniquement en 1500.
Historical background
DUCHY OF LORRAINE - RENE II
(1473-1508)
René II is the son of Ferri de Vaudémont and Yolande d'Aragon. His two grandfathers are René I of Anjou and Antoine de Vaudémont. He succeeded Nicolas d'Anjou (1470-1473) then had to face the invasion of Lorraine by Charles the Bold in 1475. Finally, the Duke of Burgundy found death under the walls of Nancy. After allying himself with Louis XI, he became angry with the latter about Bar's succession. René reconciled with Maximilian of Austria, son-in-law of the Bold. He married in second marriage Philippa de Guelders, daughter of Adolphe d'Egmont, from whom, in 1489, Antoine was born. He tried in vain to claim the throne of Naples because Charles VIII prevented him from doing so. René II died in 1508.
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