v58_0240 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - LOUIS OF PROVENCE Sol coronat
MONNAIES 58 (2013)
Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 240.00 €
Realised price : 140.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 170.00 €
Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 240.00 €
Realised price : 140.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 170.00 €
Type : Sol coronat
Date: c. 1414
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Tarascon
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 878 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce sol coronat est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et légèrement voilé. Trace d’un choc au centre du revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : +: LVD-OV° IHR° ET° SICIL['.] - REX°, (PONCTUATION PAR ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Grande couronne surmontant deux lis placés sous un lambel.
Obverse translation : (Louis, roi de Jérusalem et de Sicile).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +: COHES: PVICE° ET° FORCAL°, (PONCTUATION PAR ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Champ parti de Jérusalem et d'Anjou.
Reverse translation : (Comte de Provence et de Forcalquier).
Historical background
PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - LOUIS OF PROVENCE
(1384-1417)
Louis II (1377-1417) is the son of Louis I of Anjou (1339-1384). He is Count of Provence and Forcalquier, King of Naples, Jerusalem and Sicily in title and Count of Anjou. His father died fighting to try to recover the kingdom of Naples and, while Louis II will also try to reconquer it, his mother, Marie de Blois (+1404), governs Provence. Louis II marries Yolande d'Aragon (1380-1443) but dies in Angers at forty.
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