Live auction - bry_399791 - HENRY II Écu d’or dit “aux croissants” n.d. Paris
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| Estimate : | 12 000 € |
| Price : | 7 977 € |
| Maximum bid : | 7 977 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 September 2016 16:07:18 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Écu d’or dit “aux croissants”
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 958 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,37 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cet écu est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Flan légèrement voilé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection L.G.
Obverse
Obverse legend : (SOLEIL) HENRICVS II DEI G FRANCOR REX, (ROSE DANS LES C).
Obverse description : Écu de France couronné, accosté de deux croissants ; au-dessous un A.
Obverse translation : (Henri II, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + CHRS VINCIT CHRS REGNAT CHRS IMP, (ROSE DANS LES DEUX PREMIERS C).
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée et fleurdelisée cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un croissant, aux 2 et 3 d’une H.
Reverse translation : (Pour qu'il remplisse l'Univers).
Commentary
L’une des monnaies les plus rares de la Renaissance française issue des premières frappes selon le procédé du moulin installé à Paris au moulin dit “des étuves” qui était située sur la Seine, en face de l’ancienne Monnaie qui se trouvait sous l’actuelle Samaritaine. Cette monnaie sans millésime a été frappée en 1552, suite à l’importation du procédé du balancier importé depuis Augsbourg par l’ambassadeur de Marillac. Les exemplaires sans millésime, d’après le FRANCIÆ IV, ne sont connus que par deux exemplaires, dont un écu est conservé dans les médailliers de la ville de Poitiers et l’autre découverte dans le trésor monétaire de Bunschoten (Pays-Bas publié par Enno van Gelder en 1960). Ces monnaies sans millésime ont été un temps considérées comme des essais.
One of the rarest coins of the French Renaissance, from the first strikes using the mill process installed in Paris at the mill called “des étuves” which was located on the Seine, opposite the old Mint which was located under the current Samaritaine. This coin without a date was struck in 1552, following the importation of the pendulum process imported from Augsburg by the ambassador de Marillac. The examples without a date, according to the FRANCIÆ IV, are known from only two examples, one of which is preserved in the medal cabinets of the city of Poitiers and the other discovered in the monetary treasure of Bunschoten (Netherlands published by Enno van Gelder in 1960). These coins without a date were once considered as tests
One of the rarest coins of the French Renaissance, from the first strikes using the mill process installed in Paris at the mill called “des étuves” which was located on the Seine, opposite the old Mint which was located under the current Samaritaine. This coin without a date was struck in 1552, following the importation of the pendulum process imported from Augsburg by the ambassador de Marillac. The examples without a date, according to the FRANCIÆ IV, are known from only two examples, one of which is preserved in the medal cabinets of the city of Poitiers and the other discovered in the monetary treasure of Bunschoten (Netherlands published by Enno van Gelder in 1960). These coins without a date were once considered as tests
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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