bfe_331514 - DAUPHINÉ - DAUPHINS OF VIENNOIS - CHARLES (FUTURE CHARLES V) Denier

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450.00 €(Approx. 481.50$ | 387.00£)

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Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Metal : billon

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 0,70 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Usure de circulation. Les reliefs du droit sont plus nets que ceux du revers

Catalogue references :

Bd.1073 (25 f.) - PA.4906

Obverse

Obverse legend : + K. PRMO G. FRACO. REG.

Obverse description : Quatre lis posés en 1, 2, 1.

Obverse translation : (Fils aîné du roi de France).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [+ D]ALPHS. VIEN[ES].

Reverse description : Dauphin.

Reverse translation : (Dauphin de Viennois).

Historical background

DAUPHINÉ - DAUPHINS OF VIENNOIS - CHARLES (FUTURE CHARLES V)

(1349-1364)

When Humbert II, last Dauphin of the Viennese, sold his States to the King, he demanded that the King's eldest son take the title of Dauphin. Charles, son of John II the Good, was the first to wear it. All the eldest sons of the Kings of France had to retain this title until the Revolution. The term "dolphin" is still used today to designate the successor of a person.