Live auction - fjt_779929 - VENDÔMOIS - VENDÔME Antoine de Bourbon n.d.

VENDÔMOIS - VENDÔME Antoine de Bourbon AU

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Estimate :	180 €
Price :	200 €
Maximum bid :	200 €
End of the sale :	24 January 2023 19:17:06
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Antoine de Bourbon

Date: (1541)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Paris

Metal : brass

Diameter : 29,5 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 3,99 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Magnifique frappe

Catalogue references :

F.8263 - Pradel46 var. - Corre.884 - Fl.1/116 var. - Blanchet 11

Obverse

Obverse legend : .ANTOINE. DVC. - DE. VENDOSMOYS.

Obverse description : Écu de Bourbon, couronné et entouré du collier de Saint-Michel.

Reverse

Reverse legend : + PER. DE. FRANCE. CONTE. DE. MARLE. SOI.

Reverse description : Tigre marchant à gauche.

Reverse translation : (Pair de France, comte de Marle et Soissons).

Commentary

Antoine est le fils de Charles, duc de Vendôme et de Françoise d’Alençon, né en 1518. Il devient duc de Vendôme en 1537 puis sera roi de Navarre en 1555. Il meurt en 1562. Ce jeton est fait par Claude Lemay, tailleur de la Monnaie de Paris en 1541 (Mazerolle, I, CLIV et 512, n° 539).