Live auction - bfe_742388 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - RENÉ I OF ANJOU Quart de gros
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 452 € |
| Maximum bid : | 850 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 June 2022 18:31:16 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Quart de gros
Date: 1476-1480
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Tarascon
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,34 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce demi-gros est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et est recouvert d’une légère patine grise. Exemplaire présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe. De petites taches sur les deux faces
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (COURONNE) R[EN]ATVS. REX. SICILIE..
Obverse description : R couronnée coupant la légende, entre deux points ; au-dessous une tarasque.
Obverse translation : (René, roi de Sicile).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (O SUR UN POINT). CRVX. AVE. SPES. VNICA..
Reverse description : Croix évidée à double traverse (croix d’Anjou).
Reverse translation : (Ô croix, salut, (notre) unique espérance).
Historical background
PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - RENÉ I OF ANJOU
(1434-1480)
René of Anjou (1409-1480), better known as the "Good King René" was also Duke of Bar (1419-1480) and by his marriage to Isabelle de Lorraine, the daughter of Duke Charles, he became in 1431 , Duke of Lorraine. He was also king of Naples (1438-1442), titular king of Sicily and nominal of Jerusalem (1434-1480). In Lorraine, he met the opposition of Antoine de Vaudemont until the year 1437. On the death of Isabella in 1453, he entrusted the administration of the duchy of Lorraine to Jean de Calabria..
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PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - RENÉ I OF ANJOU Quart de gros VF/XF
452.00 €
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