Live auction - fwo_434673 - HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - CHARLES IV OF LUXEMBOURG KING OF THE ROMANS Gros tournois n.d. Aix-la-Chapelle ?

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - CHARLES IV OF LUXEMBOURG KING OF THE ROMANS Gros tournois n.d. Aix-la-Chapelle ? AU

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Estimate :	750 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	12 September 2017 17:43:38

Type : Gros tournois

Date: c. 1350

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Aix-la-Chapelle ?

Metal : silver

Diameter : 25 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,20 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce gros tournois est frappé sur un flan large et est recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier. Reliefs nets, ce qui est assez rare pour ce type monétaire

Catalogue references :

Bd.1868 (8 f.) - Dy.p. 101 - NP.31/649

Obverse

Obverse legend : + KHAROLVS REX ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + BNDICTV: SIT: HOME: DEI: NRI: DHI: IHV. XPI, (PONCTUATION PAR TROIS BESANTS SUPERPOSÉS).

Obverse description : Croix.

Obverse translation : (Charles, roi ; Béni soit le nom de notre Seigneur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + TVRONVS CIVIS.

Reverse description : Châtel tournois sommé d'une croisette. Bordure de douze lis.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Tours).

Commentary

Ce type est souvent attribué à tort à Charles IV le Bel et il faut le restituer à Charles IV de Luxembourg. Ce gros n'a pas été frappé pour le Luxembourg, mais pour Charles IV en tant que roi des Romains.

Historical background

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - CHARLES IV OF LUXEMBOURG KING OF THE ROMANS

(1347-1355)

Charles IV (1319-1378), the son of Jean II the Blind killed at the Battle of Crécy (1346), is King of Bohemia and Count of Luxembourg (1346-1378), King of the Romans (1347/1355) at the death of Ludwig IV of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor (1355-1378). He is the son-in-law of Charles de Valois because he married Blanche de Valois (+1348), the brother-in-law of Philippe VI de Valois and of the future Jean II le Bon by his sister Judith (+1349). He is the uncle of Charles V. He married four times and his son, Wenceslas IV (1361-1419), succeeded him in 1378.