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E-auction 597-562555 - bry_838831 - HENRY II Douzain aux croissants 1550 Saint-Lô

HENRY II Douzain aux croissants 1550 Saint-Lô XF
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Estimate : 60 €
Price : 45 €
Maximum bid : 57 €
End of the sale : 23 September 2024 15:22:00
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : Douzain aux croissants
Date: 1550 
Mint name / Town : Saint-Lô
Quantity minted : 1790840
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 292 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,64 g.
Coments on the condition:
Douzain frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Des faiblesses de frappe sont visibles dans les légendes et sur les motifs centraux. Présence de quelques traces de nettoyage et de quelques
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : + HENRICVS. 2. DEI. [G. FRA]NCORV. REX (TÊTE DE LICORNE À GAUCHE).
Obverse description : Écu de France couronné accosté de deux croissants couronnés ; à la pointe de l'écu le différent d'atelier.
Obverse translation : (Henri 2, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de France).

Reverse


Reverse legend : [+] SIT. NOMEN. DNI. BENEDICTVM (MM) 1550.
Reverse description : Croix fleurdelisée, formée de huit croissants entrelacés, cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d'une H, aux 2 et 3 d'une couronne.
Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).

Historical background


HENRY II

(03/31/1547-07/10/1559)

Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1519, Henri II was the second son of François I and Claude of France. Dauphin on the death of his eldest François (1536), he ascended the throne in 1547. Continuing the policy of his father, the new king soon came into conflict with the Emperor, in the East and in Italy.. Victorious in 1552 (expedition against Metz), beaten at Saint-Quentin (1557), again victorious at Calais and Gravelines (1558), Henri II succeeded better than his father. An era ended with the signing of the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (April 2 and 3, 1559): France kept Calais and, without this being explicitly mentioned, kept the Trois-Évêchés (Metz, Toul and Verdun), but definitively renounced to the Italian dream. Philippe II married Élisabeth de France, daughter of Henri II, and Emmanuel-Philibert de Savoie Marguerite, daughter of François I. For his part, Charles V had to renounce the universal monarchy and divide his vast empire into a Spanish monarchy and a Germanic monarchy, which would keep the imperial title.. He abdicated in 1556. The same continuity is emerging in domestic politics. The first absolutism is affirmed, the persecution against the Protestants takes all its rise: an ardent Chamber is instituted in the Parliament of Paris to fight against the heretics. The Business Council or Narrow Council separated definitively from the Grand Council and the Privy Council. The institution of the presidial bailiwicks, in 1552, supposed to accelerate the course of justice, served above all to bring money into the royal coffers. The court of France was then dominated by Diane de Poitiers, mistress of the king, by the constable of Montmorency, always favorite, and by the three Coligny brothers: Odet, bishop-count of Beauvais, Gaspard, admiral in 1551, François d'Andelot , Colonel General of the Infantry. Facing the Colignys stood the party of the Guise, cadets of the house of Lorraine: Claude, duke and peer, Cardinal Jean de Lorraine, his brother, who both died in 1550, then François de Guise, son of Claude, and his brother , Cardinal Charles of Lorraine. The authority of the king prevented these rivalries from degenerating. The reign of Henry II saw above all the development of Protestantism in France, in the form given to it by Calvin, who, having taken refuge in Geneva, was master of the city from 1541 to 1564.. Married to Catherine de Medici in 1533, Henri II had thirteen children, including five sons.. Three of them succeeded him: François II (1559-1560), Charles IX (1560-1574), Henri III (1574-1589).

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