v33_1435 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CHARLES OF BLOIS Gros au lion

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CHARLES OF BLOIS Gros au lion XF

MONNAIES 33 (2007)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 485.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 552.00 €

Type : Gros au lion

Date: c. 1346-1364

Metal : billon

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,32 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire de poids très lourd frappé sur un flan assez large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant une faiblesse de frappe sur une partie du type et recouvert d’une patine grise

Catalogue references :

Bd.64 (10 f.) - PA.492 (14/8)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de MONNAIES XXII, n° 30

Obverse

Obverse legend : C[HA]-RRO-LVS - DVX ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + B[NDICTV: SIT:] NOME: DNI: NRI: IHV: XPI.

Obverse description : Croix coupant la légende intérieure.

Obverse translation : (Charles, duc ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MON[E]TA (TRÈFLE) BRITAN'.

Reverse description : Lion passant à gauche. Bordure extérieure de onze quintefeuilles évidées et d'un lion à 12 heures.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Bretagne).

Commentary

Exemplaire avec la légende ChARROLVS au droit.
example with the legend ChARROLVS on the obverse

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.

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