Live auction - bfe_501676 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - LOUIS I OF ANJOU Franc à pied
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| Estimate : | 3 000 € |
| Price : | 1 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2019 16:48:27 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Franc à pied
Date: 1382/4
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : gold
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce franc à pied est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier, semblant avoir été légèrement rogné et est voilé. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente iNumis n° 7 (2008), lot n° 861 et de la collection R.P.
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVDOVICS. DVX - KALABRI. AND, N ONCIALE. LA LÉGENDE COMMENCE À 7 HEURES.
Obverse description : Le duc, couronné, debout sous un dais gothique accosté de lis, portant une cotte d'armes fleurdelisée par-dessus sa cotte de mailles, tenant l'épée haute de la main droite et la main de justice de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Louis d’Anjou, duc de Calabre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + XPC* VINCIT* XPC* [REGNAT]* XPC* IHPERAT.
Reverse description : Croix tréflée avec quadrilobe anglé en cœur (point), cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’une couronne, aux 2 et 3 d’un lis.
Reverse translation : (Le Christ vainc, le Christ règne, le Christ commande).
Historical background
PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - LOUIS I OF ANJOU
(1382-1384)
Louis I (1339-1384) succeeded Joan of Naples (1326-1382) in 1382, who had designated him as heir. He is the son of King Jean le Bon of France and Bonne of Luxembourg, and was regent of the kingdom during the minority of his nephew Charles VI. He only reigned over Provence for two years before dying in 1384..
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