bfe_295399 - BERGERACOIS - BERGERAC - HENRY OF LANCASTER Sterling à la tête barbue
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 1 000.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 1 000.00 €
Type : Sterling à la tête barbue
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Bergerac
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,78 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier et faiblesse de frappe rendant impossible la lecture de la moitié de la monnaie
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de FRANCE IV, n° 268
Obverse
Obverse legend : [+ HEN:] DVX: LANCA[ST].
Obverse description : Tête barbue et couronnée de face.
Obverse translation : (Henri, duc de Lancastre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DNS - BRA-GA[I-RAC].
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende et cantonnée d'une couronne aux 3 et 4 (les cantonnements aux 1 et 2 ne sont pas visibles).
Reverse translation : (Seigneur de Bergerac).
Historical background
BERGERACOIS - BERGERAC - HENRY OF LANCASTER
Henry of Lancaster (1299-1361) is the grandson of Henry III Plantagenet and the cousin of Edward III. From 1347, to thank him for the services rendered at the start of the Hundred Years' War, Henri received the seigniory of Bergerac, which he retained until his death. In 1351, the earldom of Lancaster was elevated to a duchy.
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