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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 770 € |
| Maximum bid : | 770 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 March 2021 16:51:18 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Gros
Date: 1558
Mint name / Town : Édimbourg
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,56 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan court et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise de médaillier et présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + FRAN[. ET. MA]. D. G. R. R. SCOT. D. D. VIEN..
Obverse description : Monogramme FM sous une couronne, accosté à gauche d’un dauphin couronné tourné à droite, à droite d’un chardon couronné.
Obverse translation : (François II et Marie, par la grâce de Dieu, roi et reine de France, dauphin et dauphine du Viennois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IAM. NON / SVNT. DVO / SED. VNA / .CARO..
Reverse description : dans un cartouche carré, accosté de deux croix de Lorraine, au-dessus une croix potencée, au-dessous 1558.
Reverse translation : (Ils ne sont plus deux mais une seule chair).
Commentary
Millésime particulièrement rare. Les seules espèces frappées au nom de Marie Stuart (1542-1587) et de François II (1544-1560) furent écossaises. Ce type de gros sur lequel François a le titre de dauphin, ne fut frappé qu’en 1558 et 1559. Il existe pour 1559 une variété avec le dauphin regardant à gauche et non à droite comme sur notre exemplaire.
Historical background
SCTOLAND - FRANCIS II AND MARY STUART
(1558-1560)
Marie Stuart (1542-1587) is the daughter of James V of Scotland (1513-1542) and Marie de Guise (1510-1560). She was Queen of Scotland at birth under the regency of her mother until 1560. She was engaged at the age of 5 to Francis II whom she married in 1558. Widowed in 1560, she returned to Scotland and married Henry Stewart in 1565 Darnley (1545-1567) who was assassinated in 1567 by her third husband, James Bothwell (1536-1578). Mary Stuart was forced into exile in 1567. James (1566-1625), her son by Darnley, became James VI of Scotland. Mary Stuart finds refuge in England with her cousin Elizabeth of England, the Queen. She ended up plotting against her, who had her locked up in the Tower of London before having her beheaded in 1587. On the death of Elizabeth in 1603, James VI of Scotland became King of England under the name of James I..
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