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v37_0349 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Écu d'or au soleil, 1er type 1591 Paris

CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Écu d or au soleil, 1er type 1591 Paris VF
MONNAIES 37 (2009)
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Écu d'or au soleil, 1er type
Date: 1591 
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 122750
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 958 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 3,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cet écu est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et assez large. Exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection R.L.V.

Obverse


Obverse legend : CAROLVS. X. D. G. FR (SOLEIL) ANCOR. REX (MM) 1591 - A, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).
Obverse description : Écu de France couronné sommé d'un soleil à six rayons coupant la légende en haut ; lettre d'atelier à la pointe de l'écu.
Obverse translation : (Charles X, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + CHRISTVS. REGNAT. VINCIT: ET IMPERAT.
Reverse description : Croix anillée, fleurdelisée, avec quadrilobe pointé en cœur.
Reverse translation : (Le Christ règne, vainc et commande).

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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