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Live auction - bry_1122121 - THE LEAGUE. COINAGE IN THE NAME OF HENRY III Quart d'écu, écu de face 1590 Limoges

THE LEAGUE. COINAGE IN THE NAME OF HENRY III Quart d écu, écu de face 1590 Limoges AU
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Type : Quart d'écu, écu de face
Date: 1590 
Mint name / Town : Limoges
Quantity minted : 3045
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,58 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart d’écu est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier présentant de petits éclatements. Reliefs assez nets en dépit d’un tréflage. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Ce quart d’écu provient de la vente Burgan du 17 juin 1992, n° 326 et de la VSO CGB, Monnaies XII, n° 589 (collection Claude Boissard)

Obverse


Obverse legend : .HENRICVS. III D. G. FRAN. ET P. REX. - I, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES).
Obverse description : Écu de France couronné, accosté de II - II.
Obverse translation : (Henri III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs et des Polonais).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + (MM) (MG). SIT. NOMEN. DNI. BNEDIC. 1590.
Reverse description : Croix fleurdelisée.
Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).

Commentary


Quart d’écu présentant une légende fautive avec BENDIC.
Quarter écu bearing an erroneous legend with BENDIC

Historical background


THE LEAGUE. COINAGE IN THE NAME OF HENRY III

(1589-1598)

The Leaguers who opposed the coronation of Henry IV preferred Charles, Cardinal of Bourbon and uncle of the king, but he died a prisoner of his nephew in 1590. Many workshops continued to mint in the name of the late king well after his death. dead. The coinage of Leaguers in the name of Henri III ceased when Toulouse fell into the hands of Henri IV, January 24, 1596.

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