bry_438577 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Douzain aux deux C, 2e type 1592 Riom
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Price : 250.00 €
Type : Douzain aux deux C, 2e type
Date: 1592
Mint name / Town : Riom
Quantity minted : 34986
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 240 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan irrégulier présentant des éclatements. Présence de taches et incrustations
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .CAROLVS. X. D G. FRANC. REX. (MG). - O, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).
Obverse description : Écu de France couronné, accosté de deux C ; lettre d'atelier à la pointe.
Obverse translation : (Charles X, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .SIT NOM. DOMINI BENEDICT. 1592 (MM).
Reverse description : Croix échancrée, cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d'une couronne, aux 2 et 3 d'un lis.
Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).
Commentary
Faisons remarquer que la particularité de cette monnaie réside dans ses deux C accostant l’écu inversés.
Let us note that the particularity of this coin lies in its two inverted Cs flanking the shield.
Let us note that the particularity of this coin lies in its two inverted Cs flanking the shield.
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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