v08_1282 - HAINAUT - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - PHILIP THE GOOD Cavalier d'or n.d. Valenciennes

HAINAUT - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - PHILIP THE GOOD Cavalier d or n.d. Valenciennes VF

MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 381.12 €
Estimate : 0.00 €
Realised price : 442.10 €

Type : Cavalier d'or

Date: (1434-1437)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Valenciennes

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 992 ‰

Diameter : 28,5 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 3,54 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan large et régulier. Petits coups dans le troisième canton de la croix du revers. Flan légèrement taché

Catalogue references :

Bd.2143 (30 f.) - W.468 - GH.1-1 - F.167 - NP.64/323 - DM.1144 - AMVBH.1

Obverse

Obverse legend : PHSX DEIX GRAX DVXX BVRGX ZX COM-ESX HANONIE.

Obverse description : Philippe le Bon à cheval, galopant à droite, l'épée haute, coiffé d'un heaume sommé d'un double lis ; le caparaçon du destrier porte deux briquets de Bourgogne. À l'exergue : hAn'n'.

Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Bourgogne, comte de Hainaut).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + SITX NOMENX DOMINIX BENEDICTVMX AMEN (BRIQUET), (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX SAUTOIRS SUPERPOSÉS, LES N ROMAINES SONT RÉTROGRADES).

Reverse description : Écu écartelé, aux 1 et 2 de Bourgogne moderne, aux 2 mi-parti de Bourgogne ancien et de Brabant, aux 3 mi-parti de Bourgogne ancien et de Limbourg, sur le tout de Hainaut, brochant sur une croix fleurie et ornée de pomme de pin.

Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur, je crois en Dieu).

Historical background

HAINAUT - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - PHILIP THE GOOD

(1433-1467)

Philippe le Bon (1396-1467), son of Jean sans Peur and Marguerite of Bavaria, succeeded his father after the assassination of Montereau in 1419. He allied himself with Henry V of England to oppose the dauphin qu 'he considers responsible for the death of his father and is the instigator of the Treaty of Troyes of 1420. He marries in 1409 Michelle de France who is assassinated in 1422, then in 1424 Bonne d'Artois who dies the following year, finally Isabella of Portugal (1397-1472) in 1429. After the death of Henry V and Charles VI in 1422, he recognized Henry VI as King of France and England. Thanks to a skilful policy, he united the county of Flanders and the duchy of Burgundy, the county of Namur in 1429, the duchies of Brabant and Limburg in 1430, the counties of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland in 1433, the duchy of Luxembourg in 1462. He reformed part of the former Lotharingia for his own benefit. He founded the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1430. He was reconciled with Charles VII in 1435 who further enlarged his possessions in Artois. He died in 1467, the richest lord in Europe.