Live auction - bfe_519439 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CHARLES OF BLOIS Royal

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Estimate :	7 500 €
Price :	5 000 €
Maximum bid :	9 999 €
End of the sale :	05 March 2019 16:46:19
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Royal

Date: c. 1358-1359

Metal : gold

Diameter : 26,5 mm

Orientation dies : 8 h.

Weight : 3,56 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce royal est frappé sur un flan assez large, voilé et légèrement irrégulier. De petites rayures à 2 heures au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.58 - PA.463 (pl. 13/16) - J.98

Obverse

Obverse legend : + KAROL[:] DEI: GRA - BRITA NOBIS: DVX.

Obverse description : Le duc, couronné, debout sous un dais gothique, portant un manteau agrafé par une étoile, tenant un sceptre fleurdelisé.

Obverse translation : (Charles, par la grâce de Dieu, duc des Bretons ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + XPC: VINCIT: XPC: REGNAT: XPC: IIIPERAT, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS POINTÉS).

Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée cantonnée de quatre lis divergeant du centre ; une rose en cœur.

Commentary

Monnaie particulièrement rare absente de nombreuses collections et non coté dans l’ouvrage de Boudeau.

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.