v26_1267 - SAVOY - DUCHY OF SAVOY - LOUIS Petit blanc (bianchetto)
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 325.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 330.00 €
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 325.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 330.00 €
Type : Petit blanc (bianchetto)
Date: (20 août 1449)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Cornavin
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 1 d. 12 gr. ‰
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,91 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce petit blanc est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine marron sur lequel la croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + LVDOVICVS (MM) DVX.
Obverse description : Écu de Savoie.
Obverse translation : (Louis, duc).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + SABAVDIE+ ET+ P, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX CROIX SUPERPOSÉES).
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (de Savoie et prince).
Historical background
SAVOY - DUCHY OF SAVOY - LOUIS
(1440-1465)
He is the youngest son of Duke Amédée VIII and Marie-Claude de Bourgogne. He was born in 1413. In 1431, following the premature death of his brother, Amadeus VIII named him crown prince. In February 1433, he married, in Nicosia, Anne de Lusignan, daughter of the King of Cyprus and Jerusalem. He became Duke of Savoy in 1440, after his father's abdication. He died on January 29, 1465 in Lyon. His son Amédée IX succeeded him.
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