Live auction - bfe_347923 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - YOLANDA OF FLANDERS Tiers de plaque

DUCHY OF LORRAINE - YOLANDA OF FLANDERS Tiers de plaque XF

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Estimate :	2 200 €
Price :	1 500 €
Maximum bid :	1 500 €
End of the sale :	31 March 2015 16:26:15
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Tiers de plaque

Date: (1344-1360)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Saint-Mihiel

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 1,04 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce tiers de plaque est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit. De petites taches au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - Flon.cf. n°4-5 p. 466

Obverse

Obverse legend : + YOLANDIS. COMITISSA. BA..

Obverse description : Écu écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Bar, aux 2 et 3 de Flandre, sous un point, dans un hexalobe.

Obverse translation : (Yolande, duchesse de Bar).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MONETA. SCI. MIC[HA]LIS..

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre couronnes.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Saint-Mihiel).

Commentary

Ces tiers de plaque sont très rares. Cet exemplaire, avec un point au-dessus de l’écu du droit, et une ponctuation par point, n’est pas recensé dans l’ouvrage de Dominique Flon. Un autre exemplaire, proposé dans MONNAIES 42, n° 554, a réalisé 1475 euros sur une offre maximale de 2130 euros.

Historical background

DUCHY OF LORRAINE - YOLANDA OF FLANDERS

(1344-1360)

Henri IV, on his death left two minor children, Édouard and Robert. His widow Yolande served as regent twice, first for Edward II, from 1344 to 1349 (+) then under her second son Robert (1349-1352). She struck imitations of French royal coins but of a lesser title, so much so that she was excommunicated in 1359 or 1360. She struck coins in the workshops of Saint-Mihiel and Clermont-en-Argonne.