v42_0150 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Douzain aux deux C, 1er type 1590 Dijon
MONNAIES 42 (2010)
Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 160.00 €
Realised price : 131.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 200.00 €
Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 160.00 €
Realised price : 131.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 200.00 €
Type : Douzain aux deux C, 1er type
Date: 1590
Mint name / Town : Dijon
Quantity minted : 55590
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 240 ‰
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,08 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce douzain est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une forte patine grise. Reliefs plus nets au droit qu’au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .CAROLVS. X. D. G. FRANCORVM. REX - P..
Obverse description : Écu de France couronné et accosté de deux C, celui de gauche vu en miroir.
Obverse translation : (Charles X, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + SIT. NOMEN. DNI. BENEDICTVM. 1590 (MG) (MM).
Reverse description : Croix échancrée cantonnée de quatre couronnes.
Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).
Commentary
Première année de frappe pour ce type monétaire.
First year of minting for this type of coin
First year of minting for this type of coin
Historical background
CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON
(02/08/1589-9/05/1590)
Charles X, uncle and godfather of Henri IV and first cousin of François de Lorraine, was born in 1523. Cardinal and papal legate in Avignon from 1565 to 1590, it was he who had blessed the marriage of Marguerite de Valois and Henri IV on the eve of Saint-Barthélemy. On the death of the Duke of Alençon, last brother of Henry III, he was recognized by the League and by Philip II of Spain as heir presumptive to the crown. Recognized by Henri, in 1588, as his closest relative, he was arrested at Blois on December 23, 1588 while the Guises were being assassinated. He was proclaimed king by the Leaguers after the murder of Henri III on August 2, 1589 but died a prisoner at Fontenay-le-Comte on May 9, 1590..
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