Live auction - bfe_358462 - AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF AQUITAINE - EDWARD II OF ENGLAND Maille blanche hibernie

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Estimate :	240 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	31 January 2017 15:43:51

Type : Maille blanche hibernie

Date: circa 1325/7

Date: n.d.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 4 h.

Weight : 1,7 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Cette maille est frappée sur un flan irrégulier. Frappe décentrée. Une partie de la légende du revers apparait hors champ. La croix du droit apparaît légèrement en négatif au revers

Catalogue references :

Bd.486 (8 f.) - PA.2864 (61/16) - E.32 - Elias56 (130 £)

Predigree :

Monnaie provenant d’une vente Jean ELSEN & ses fils

Obverse

Obverse legend : + ED’: REX ANGLIE, LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : [+ BN]DICTV: SIT: NOME: DNI: NR[I], (T ANNELÉS, PONCTUATION PAR DOUBLE ANNELET).

Obverse description : Croix.

Obverse translation : (Édouard, roi d’Angleterre ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + DNS: HIBERNIE°, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).

Reverse description : Châtel tournois surmonté d'une croisette ; dessous une porte, avec trois besants posés en triangle ; le tout entouré d'une bordure de neuf feuilles d'ache.

Reverse translation : (Seigneur d’Irlande).

Historical background

AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF AQUITAINE - EDWARD II OF ENGLAND

(1307-1327)

Edward II (1285-1327), son of Edward I and Éléonore de Castille, married in 1308 Isabelle de France, (la louve de France, 1292-1358), daughter of Philippe IV le Bel, sister of Louis X, Philip V and Charles IV. The reign of Edward II was one of great confusion. The English were defeated by the Scots of Robert Bruce in 1314 at Bannockburn which ensured the freedom of the kingdom of Scotland. Edward, a notorious homosexual, alienated his barons and his wife and ended up provoking a civil war from 1322. Charles IV pronounced the seizure of Guyenne. Isabelle took refuge in France with her eldest son, Édouard. Eventually, Edward II was deposed and replaced by his son. He was assassinated under mysterious conditions before the end of the year 1327 (cf. The Accursed Kings).