Live auction - bfe_1094698 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - GREGORY XIII (Ugo Buoncompagni) Douzain
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 10 February 2026 16:27:41 |
Type : Douzain
Date: (1578-1585)
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 2,15 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce douzain est frappé sur un flan irrégulier recouvert d’une patine grise. Faiblesse de frappe à 1 heure au droit
Obverse
Obverse legend : [GRE]GORIVS. XIII. PON. MAX..
Obverse description : Écu pontifical sous la tiare pontificale coupant la légende en haut.
Obverse translation : (Grégoire XIII, grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [+ C]ARO CA LEGA GEOR CA. COLE. AVE[N].
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un lion, aux 2 et 3 d’un lis.
Reverse translation : (Charles cardinal légat, Georges cardinal, co-légat d'Avignon).
Commentary
Lions regravés sur lis et lis sur lions.
Lions recarved on lilies and lilies on lions
Lions recarved on lilies and lilies on lions
Historical background
COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - GREGORY XIII (Ugo Buoncompagni)
(05/13/1572-04/10/1585)
Gregory XIII (1510-1582) enforced the decrees of the Council of Trent. He is best known for the reform that bears his name, the adoption of the Gregorian calendar. To make up for the delay taken by the Julian calendar (of Julius Caesar) since its adoption, eleven days, we passed in 1582 from April 4 to 15, thus catching up with the delay accumulated by the Julian year. Charles de Bourbon, Antoine's brother, is thus Henri IV's uncle. On the death of Henry III, he will be proclaimed under the name of Charles X by the leaguers, but will never reign because he was a prisoner of his nephew. He died on May 9, 1590. Pope's legate in Avignon since 1565, cardinal and archbishop of Rouen since 1550, it was he who celebrated the wedding of Henry II of Navarre (future Henry IV of France) with Marguerite de Valois ( Queen Margot) on August 18, 1572, on the eve of Saint-Barthélemy.
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