Live auction - bfe_398748 - PRINCIPALITY OF ORANGE - WILLIAM-HENRY OF NASSAU Douzième d'écu
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 27 September 2016 17:05:42 |
Type : Douzième d'écu
Date: 1660
Mint name / Town : Orange
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce douzième d’écu est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs et recouvert d’une légère patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la liste Viguier de mars 1988, n° 336 et de la collection Yves Caille
Obverse
Obverse legend : GVIL. HNR - D. G. PRI. AVR.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue à droite de Guillaume, drapé et cuirassé vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : (Guillaume-Henri, par la grâce de Dieu, prince d'Orange).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI. DEO. HONOR. ET. GLOR - 1-6-6-0.
Reverse description : Écu couronné orné de trois pseudo-lis posés 2 et 1.
Reverse translation : (À Dieu seul l'honneur et la gloire).
Historical background
PRINCIPALITY OF ORANGE - WILLIAM-HENRY OF NASSAU
(1650-1702)
Guillaume-Henri (1650-1702) was France's hereditary enemy of Louis XIV. Posthumous son of William II of Orange and Marie Stuart, sister of Charles II and Jacques II, he married his cousin Marie (1662-1694). Prince of Orange at birth, he became Stadtholder of the Netherlands after the assassination of the Witt brothers in 1672. He succeeded his uncle and father-in-law, James II, as King of England in 1688 and reigned from first with his wife Marie until 1694, then alone from 1694 until his death in 1702.
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