Live auction - bry_1129603 - CHARLES IX COINAGE IN THE NAME OF HENRY II Teston du Dauphiné à la tête nue 1561 Grenoble
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Live starting : Type : Teston du Dauphiné à la tête nue
Date: 1561
Mint name / Town : Grenoble
Quantity minted : 101270
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 898 ‰
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 9,43 g.
Coments on the condition:
Teston frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Usures et faiblesses de frappe sur les deux faces. Hairlines et rayures dans les champs. Petites taches sombres et patine grise homogène. Hauts reliefs assez nets au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .HENRICVS. II. DEI. G. FRAN[C. REX.].
Obverse description : Buste de Henri II à droite avec la cuirasse ; au-dessous (Mg).
Obverse translation : (Henri II, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (ROSE) XPS. VINCIT. XPS. REGNAT. XPS. INP. 1561. (MM).
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France, aux 2 et 3 de Dauphiné, accosté de deux H couronnées ; lettre d'atelier à la pointe de l'écu.
Reverse translation : (Le Christ vainc, le Christ règne, le Christ commande).
Commentary
Variété avec point sous le Z et buste large .
Variety with point under the Z and wide bust
Variety with point under the Z and wide bust
Historical background
CHARLES IX COINAGE IN THE NAME OF HENRY II
(05/12/1560-30/05/1574)
François II died on the night of December 4 to 5, 1560. His younger brother, Charles, succeeded him under the regency of Catherine de Medici. In 1560, 1561, even 1562, we continued to coin in the name of Henri II.
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