E-auction 260-183235 - bfe_480611 - ALSACE - BISHOPRIC OF STRASBOURG - LOUIS-CONSTANTIN DE ROHAN GUÉMÉNÉE Douzième de thale

ALSACE - BISHOPRIC OF STRASBOURG - LOUIS-CONSTANTIN DE ROHAN GUÉMÉNÉE Douzième de thale XF

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Estimate :	220 €
Price :	125 €
Maximum bid :	140 €
End of the sale :	09 April 2018 14:42:00
bidders :	12 bidders

Type : Douzième de thale

Date: 1759

Mint name / Town : Oberkirch

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,45 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce douzième de thaler est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier

Catalogue references :

EL.308 p. 184 - NP.24/294

Obverse

Obverse legend : LUD CONST. D. G. EPUS. ET PPS. ARG..

Obverse description : Buste habillé à droite de Louis Constantin, portant la calotte et la croix du Saint-Esprit, accosté de XII -TH ; sous le buste un chien courant à gauche.

Obverse translation : (Louis-Constantin, par la grâce de Dieu, évêque et prince de Strasbourg).

Reverse

Reverse legend : (MOUCHETURE D'HERMINE) SIT NOMEN DOMINI (LOSANGE ÉVIDÉ) BENEDICTUM (ROSE) 1759.

Reverse description : Écu rond écartelé aux 1 et 4 de l'évêché de Strasbourg, aux 2 et 3 du Landgraviat de la Basse-Alsace brochant sur une épée et une crosse, sommé d'une mitre épiscopale, posé sur un manteau d'hermine, surmonté d'un chapeau de cardinal.

Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).

Historical background

ALSACE - BISHOPRIC OF STRASBOURG - LOUIS-CONSTANTIN DE ROHAN GUÉMÉNÉE

(1756-1779)

Louis-Constantin de Rohan (1697-1779) was first a Knight of Malta and captain of a ship before taking orders. He was first canon of Strasbourg before becoming co-adjutor of his uncle Armand Gaston de Rohan (1674-1749) from 1730. He became chaplain to the king in 1748 and succeeded his cousin, Armand, prince de Rohan Soubise (1749-1756), as bishop of Strasbourg. He was made cardinal in 1761. His nephew Louis, Prince of Rohan, (1734-1803) succeeded him in 1779. The latter is best known for his unfortunate participation in the so-called "queen's necklace" affair..