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bfe_483071 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES II Gros

DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES II Gros AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 825.00 €
Type : Gros
Date: c. 1390-1430
Mint name / Town : Sierck-lès-Bains
Metal : billon
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs et recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Bd.1485 (10 f.) - S.(8/7)  - Flon.n° 3 p. 426

Obverse

Obverse legend : KAROLVS* D-VX* LO’THOR', (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE).
Obverse description : Heaume couronné sommé d’une aigle éployée et sur un écu de Lorraine penché.
Obverse translation : (Charles, duc de Lorraine).

Reverse

Reverse legend : MONETA* - IN* SIERK, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ROSES SUPERPOSÉES) ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : BNDICTV: SIT: NOM-E. DHI’. NRI. IHV. XPI’.
Reverse description : Épée en pal, accostée de deux feuilles de houx, coupant la légende en haut et en bas.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Sierck ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ).

Historical background

DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES II

(1390-1431)

Charles (1364-1431), son of John I and Sophie of Württemberg, married Margaret of Bavaria (+1434). Godson of Charles V the Wise, he was brought up in Paris. He fought the Moors in Africa, then the Slavs in Lithuania in 1399. He supported his father-in-law Rupert, raised to imperial dignity and was the ally of Jean sans Peur against Louis d'Orléans who supported Wenceslas, Duke of Luxembourg and competitor of his father-in-law at the Empire. In Lorraine, he had to face the Burgundians, Messins and Strasbourgeois. He was appointed constable of France after the assassination of Bernard d'Armagnac. Having lost his sons, in 1419 he married his daughter Isabelle to René d'Anjou (1409-1480), heir to the duchy of Bar, thus preparing for the reunification of the two duchies in the same family. Charles died in 1431.

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