Live auction - bfe_624112 - PRINCIPALITY OF PHALSBOURG AND LIXHEIM - HENRIETTA OF LORRAINE Double tournois
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| Estimate : | 380 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 26 January 2021 17:59:34 |
Type : Double tournois
Date: 1633
Mint name / Town : Lixheim
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce double tournois est frappé sur un flan large présentant un petit manque à 3 heures au droit. Exemplaire agréable recouvert d’une patine sombre
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Kuhn
Obverse
Obverse legend : (CROIX DE LORRAINE) HENR. D. LOR. PRIN. PHAL. ET. LIX.
Obverse description : Buste drapé à droite d'Henriette de Lorraine, avec un grand col de dentelle rabattu, collier et boucles d'oreille.
Obverse translation : (Henriette duchesse de Lorraine, princesse de Phalsbourg et de Lixheim).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (CROIX DE LORRAINE) DOVBLE. TOVRNOIS. 1633.
Reverse description : Champ semé de huit lis posés 1, 2, 3 et 2.
Commentary
Bel exemplaire avec un buste très bien venu à la frappe.
Historical background
PRINCIPALITY OF PHALSBOURG AND LIXHEIM - HENRIETTA OF LORRAINE
(1630-1635)
Ferdinand II (1619-1637), Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, erected the towns of Phalsbourg and Lixheim into a principality for Henriette de Lorraine-Vaudémont, sister of Charles IV Duke of Lorraine (1624-1675), daughter of François II of Lorraine-Vaudémont (+1632) on the occasion of her marriage to Louis, baron d'Ancerville, son of Louis II, cardinal of Guise. The princess, widowed in 1630, minted between 1630 and 1635.
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