v11_0716 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CHARLES OF BLOIS Double denier

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CHARLES OF BLOIS Double denier VF

MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 146.35 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 182.94 €

Type : Double denier

Date: c. 1341-1364

Mint name / Town : Rennes

Metal : billon

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 0,97 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Cette monnaie est frappée sur un flan présentant de petits éclatements en périphérie. On doit noter une faiblesse de frappe sur une partie du type, à 3 heures. Une légère patine foncée recouvre cet exemplaire

Catalogue references :

Bd.71 - B.388 - PA.445 - NP.10/135 - Salaün445

Obverse

Obverse legend : (DEUX MOUCHETURES D'HERMINE) KA[RO]LVS° DVX.

Obverse description : BRI / TAn, en deux lignes dans le champ.

Obverse translation : (Charles, duc des Bretons).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MONE[TA] REDON.

Reverse description : Croix à pied, pseudo-fleurdelisée.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Rennes).

Historical background

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CHARLES OF BLOIS

(1341-1364)

Charles de Blois (1319-1364) married Jeanne de Penthièvre, the daughter of Guy, brother of Jean III, last Duke of Brittany, who died in 1341. He claimed the duchy for his wife against Simon de Montfort (1341-1345), demi -brother of John III. The war began in 1341. He seized Rennes in 1342. Simon de Montfort died in 1345, his wife Jeanne de Flandre continued the fight for their son Jean IV de Montfort (1341-1399). Charles became Viscount of Limoges in 1344. After Crécy, he was captured and taken captive to England in 1347; he will only be released after the battle of Poitiers, leaving his two sons as hostages. After the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, Jean II le Bon and Édouard III tried to reconcile the two parties at the meeting in Calais in 1362. It was a failure because of the two Joans (of Penthièvre and of Flanders). Charles was killed at the Battle of Auray on September 27, 1364.