Live auction - fwo_703232 - RHODES - GRANDS MAÎTRES DE L'ORDRE DE L'HÔPITAL ET DE SAINT-JEAN DE JÉRUSALEM - RAYMOND BÉRENGER Gros ou gigliato n.d. Rhodes

RHODES - GRANDS MAÎTRES DE L ORDRE DE L HÔPITAL ET DE SAINT-JEAN DE JÉRUSALEM - RAYMOND BÉRENGER Gros ou gigliato n.d. Rhodes XF

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Estimate :	400 €
Price :	360 €
Maximum bid :	360 €
End of the sale :	07 December 2021 20:58:14
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Gros ou gigliato

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Rhodes

Metal : silver

Diameter : 29,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,89 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce gros est frappé sur un flan irrégulier présentant un petit éclatement à 4 heures au droit. De petites faiblesses dans les légendes. Agréable patine grise

Catalogue references :

Sch. - Metcalf1208-1210

Obverse

Obverse legend : +: F: RAIMONDUS° BERENGARII: D: GR: M, (M ET N ONCIALES).

Obverse description : Le grand maître Raymond Bérenger agenouillé à gauche, priant devant une croix patriarcale posée sur trois degrés.

Obverse translation : (Frère Raymond Bérenger, par la grâce de Dieu, maître).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + OSPTAL'. S. IOHS. IRL NI° ET': RODI, (E EN FORME DE Q POUR CUM).

Reverse description : Croix feuillue dont chaque bras porte un écu de l'ordre (de gueules à la croix d'argent).

Reverse translation : (De l'Hôpital, de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem et de Rhodes).

Historical background

RHODES - GRANDS MAÎTRES DE L'ORDRE DE L'HÔPITAL ET DE SAINT-JEAN DE JÉRUSALEM - RAYMOND BÉRENGER

(1365-10/1374)

Raymond Bérenger succeeded Roger de Pins. As early as 1365, Raymond attacked Alexandria alongside Peter I of Cyprus. Alexandria was an important center for Arab civilization and served as a refuge for the Muslim fleet and Turkish pirates. The city was besieged by one hundred Latin ships but the besieged did not surrender. Alexandria eventually fell and the city was sacked, the ramparts dismantled and enemy ships burned in the harbor. As the place could not be held, the town was abandoned. Raymond Bérenger died in Rhodes in November 1374. The Grand Master Robert de Juilly succeeded him.

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