v22_0071 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - ANNE OF BRITTANY Double denier

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - ANNE OF BRITTANY Double denier XF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 271.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 303.00 €

Type : Double denier

Date: c. 1498-1499

Mint name / Town : Nantes

Metal : billon

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 1,32 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce double denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier, légèrement voilé, et assez large. Exemplaire présentant une petite faiblesse de frappe et recouvert d’une patine marron. État de conservation inhabituel pour ce type monétaire

Catalogue references :

Bd.140 (15 f.) - PA.1374 (25/3)

Obverse

Obverse legend : (+ SUR POINT): ANNA: BRITA[O DV-]CISSA:.

Obverse description : Hermine passant à gauche et enchaînée sous une moucheture d’hermine ; au-dessous une n.

Obverse translation : (Anne, duchesse des Bretons).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + [MONET]A: BRITANIE: N:, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 1 HEURE).

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 2 et 3 d’une moucheture d’hermine.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Bretagne).

Historical background

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - ANNE OF BRITTANY

(1488-1491) and (1498-1499)

Anne was born on January 26, 1477. In 1486, the States of Rennes declared her heiress of the duchy and she was recognized as a duchess in 1488. After refusing to marry the Sire d'Albret in 1489, she married by proxy to the King of the Romans , Maximilian, marking the resumption of hostilities with France. Nantes was delivered to the French and Rennes was besieged in 1491. On December 6, 1491, under pressure from the French, she consented to marry the King of France Charles VIII and obtained the maintenance of the privileges of Brittany. On the death of Charles VIII, in 1498, she returned to her duchy where she married the King of France Louis XII on January 7, 1499. On January 9, 1514 she died Queen of France.