Live auction - bfe_494575 - BURGUNDY - DUCHY OF BURGUNDY - JOHN THE FEARLESS Gros

BURGUNDY - DUCHY OF BURGUNDY - JOHN THE FEARLESS
Gros VF

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Estimate :	380 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	31 July 2018 16:21:57

Type : Gros

Date: 18/04/1419

Mint name / Town : Auxonne

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 159 ‰

Diameter : 26 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,02 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce gros est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier présentant des faiblesses de frappe. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise

Catalogue references :

Bd.1226 (5 f.) - PA.5721 (133/3) - Dumas14-2-1 p. 322

Obverse

Obverse legend : + IOHANES* DVX* BVRGVNDIE, (PONCTUATION PAR TROIS POINTS FORMANT UN TRIANGLE).

Obverse description : Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Bourgogne moderne, aux 2 et 3 de Bourgogne ancien ; un point à la pointe de l’écu.

Obverse translation : (Jean, duc de Bourgogne).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + SIT° NOME° DNI° BENEDICTV, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).

Reverse description : Croix fleurdelisée cantonnée au 1 d’un lis, au 4 d’un lion.

Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).

Historical background

BURGUNDY - DUCHY OF BURGUNDY - JOHN THE FEARLESS

(1404-1419)

Jean sans Peur (1371-1419), son of Philippe le Hardi and Marguerite de Flandre, succeeded his father in Burgundy in 1404, but only in 1405 in Flanders after the death of his mother. He married Margaret of Bavaria (1363-1423). He played a very important role at court and fell out with his cousin Louis d'Orléans, whom he allowed to be assassinated in 1407. The following twelve years were extremely complex. The Duke of Burgundy allied himself in turn with Queen Isabeau, then with the King of England, Henry V, fought the Armagnac faction and seized Paris twice in 1413 and 1418. Wanting to reconcile with the Dauphin Charles, he is assassinated at the interview of Montereau (1419).