Live auction - bry_1016352 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Écu d'or au soleil, 1er type 1591 Rouen
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| Estimate : | 1 600 € |
| Price : | 1 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 June 2025 16:27:48 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Écu d'or au soleil, 1er type
Date: 1591
Mint name / Town : Rouen
Quantity minted : 11150
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 958 ‰
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,39 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cet écu est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et voilé. Faiblesse de frappe au niveau des motifs centraux
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLVS. X. D. G. (SOLEIL). FRANCO (MM) REX. - B, (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. IMP. 1591.
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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