Live auction - bfe_669135 - LUXEMBOURG - DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG - ELIZABETH OF GÖRLITZ - WIDOWHOOD Gros au lion
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 145 € |
| Maximum bid : | 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 August 2021 18:38:15 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Gros au lion
Date: c. 1415-1419
Mint name / Town : Luxembourg
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,68 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et irrégulier présentant une usure homogène. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ELRABET DEI GRA° LVCEB'° DVCISSA:, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ANNELET, DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS EN FIN DE LÉGENDE).
Obverse description : Armes de Luxembourg en plein champ.
Obverse translation : (Élisabeth, par la grâce de Dieu, duchesse de Luxembourg).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONETA° NOVA° FCA° LVCEMBVRGENS'°, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ANNELET).
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 1 d'un lion du Brabant, aux 2 et 3 d'une étoile à six rais ajourée, au 4 d'un lion de Limbourg.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle frappée à Luxembourg).
Historical background
LUXEMBOURG - DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG - ELIZABETH OF GÖRLITZ - WIDOWHOOD
(25/10/1415-05/1419)
Elisabeth of Görlitz was the daughter of Sigismund of Hungary (1368-1437). In 1409 she married Antoine de Bourgogne who obtained the Duchy of Luxembourg in 1412 after the ousting of Wenceslas IV. Elisabeth was widowed in 1415, following the death of Antoine at the battle of Agincourt. She remarried in 1421 to Albert II who became King of Hungary in 1437 and King of the Romans in 1438. Albert died in 1439, Elizabeth in 1442.
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