E-auction 91-46809 - bfe_292399 - DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY OF DOMBES - HENRI DE MONTPENSIER Teston, 2e type
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| Estimate : | 195 € |
| Price : | 55 € |
| Maximum bid : | 56 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 January 2015 16:27:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Teston, 2e type
Date: 1607
Mint name / Town : Trévoux
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 899 ‰
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 9,24 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce teston est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et assez large. Reliefs plus nets au revers qu’au droit. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + HENRIC. P. DOMBAR. D. MONTISP. R, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste de Henri II de Bourbon barbu et cuirassé à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Henri, prince de Dombes, duc de Montpensier).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + DNS A.DIVTOR. ET. REDEM. MEVS. 1607, (O DE ADIVTOR POINTÉ).
Reverse description : Écu de Bourbon sommé d'une couronne ouverte, accosté de deux H couronnées.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon soutien et mon rédempteur).
Commentary
Petite erreur de gravure avec un point après le A de ADIVTOR.
Historical background
DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY OF DOMBES - HENRI DE MONTPENSIER
(1592-1608)
The issuing of coins ceased in the Dombes on the death of Pierre II in 1503. The lordship of the Dombes was given to Louise de Savoie and attached to the kingdom after her death in 1531. In 1560, the king of France, François II, the restores to Louis II de Bourbon-Montpensier, son of Louise de Montpensier, (+1561) sister of Charles the constable of Bourbon, and erects the seigniory of Trévoux into a principality. Minting resumed only under Louis II de Bourbon-Montpensier (1560-1582) to end very late, in the second half of the 17th century. The Bourbon-Montpensiers descend from Robert de Clermont, son of Saint-Louis. The Bourbon-Montpensier family will reign over the Dombes until the year 1693.
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