Live auction - fme_1025968 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Médaille, Sacerdoce royal
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Sacerdoce royal
Date: (1590)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 34,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver REGNAULT Philippe (1582-1590)
Weight : 15,65 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine marron hétérogène avec des points d’oxydation. Légère usure. Aspect irisé et restes de rouge de frappe
Catalogue references :
Jones.1164 (argent : 33 mm) - BN Paris, Série ROyale 247 argent : 32 mm
Predigree :
Collection de Monsieur J.
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLVS. X. D. G. FRANCORVM. REX - A 1590.
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Charles X à gauche, dans un grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (FLEUR) REGALE SACERDOTVM (FLEUR).
Reverse description : Attributs de l’évêque (crosse, mitre et ciboire) à gauche, attributs du roi à droite (couronne, main de justice et sceptre croisés), le tout posé sur un autel.
Reverse translation : Sacerdoce royal.
Commentary
Bien que sans poinçon sur la tranche, cette médaille semble être une frappe ancienne, probablement du début du XIXe siècle.
Although without a hallmark on the edge, this medal appears to be an old strike, probably from the beginning of the 19th century.
Although without a hallmark on the edge, this medal appears to be an old strike, probably from the beginning of the 19th century.
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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