Live auction - bry_501200 - SPANIA - VICH - LOUIS XIV "THE SUN KING" Denier 1644 Vich
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 30 October 2018 16:00:07 |
Type : Denier
Date: 1644
Mint name / Town : Vich
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan irrégulier. Frappe décentrée. Patine hétérogène avec des taches et incrustations vertes
Obverse
Obverse legend : + LVDO. [D. G. R.] FRANCI.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé à droite vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : (Louis, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de France).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + CIVI[TAS. VICE]N. 1644.
Reverse description : Écu losangé de Vich.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Vich).
Historical background
SPANIA - VICH - LOUIS XIV "THE SUN KING"
(1644-1652)
The uprising of Catalonia (Levatamiento de Cataluna) against the authority of Philip IV of Spain lasted twelve years. Louis XIII, then Louis XIV, were counts of Barcelona. Louis XIV retained the county until 1652, when the capital of Catalonia was definitively lost. By the Treaty of the Pyrenees, Louis XIV abandoned Catalonia, but kept Roussillon with Perpignan.
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