Live auction - bfe_666653 - ITALY AND LORRAINE - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - NICOLAS-FRANÇOIS, EXILE IN FLORENCE Teston

ITALY AND LORRAINE - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - NICOLAS-FRANÇOIS, EXILE IN FLORENCE Teston XF

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Estimate :	700 €
Price :	690 €
Maximum bid :	750 €
End of the sale :	27 April 2021 17:06:14
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Teston

Date: 1634

Mint name / Town : Florence

Metal : silver

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 8,35 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce teston est frappé sur un flan assez large laissant apparaître une partie des grènetis extérieurs. Portrait un peu plat. Agréable patine grise

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - S.1 (27/1) - Flon.n° 1 t.II, p. 307

Obverse

Obverse legend : .(CROIX DE LORRAINE) - N. FRANC. D. G. DVX LOTH. MARC. D. - C. B. G..

Obverse description : Buste à droite de Charles IV, drapé et cuirassé, avec un petit col plat.

Obverse translation : (Nicolas François, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Lorraine, des Marches, de Calabre, Bar et Gueldre).

Reverse

Reverse legend : MONETA. NOVA. FLORENT. CVSA, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 1 HEURE).

Reverse description : Écu écartelé, au 1 : parti en a de Hongrie, en b de Naples ; au 2 : parti en a de Jérusalem, en b d'Aragon ; au 3 : en a d'Anjou, en b de Gueldre ; au 4 : en a de Flandre, en b de Bar ; sur le tout de Lorraine ; l'écu est sommé d'une couronne ducale coupant la légende en haut ; au-dessus de la couronne 16-34.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle frappée à Florence).

Historical background

ITALY AND LORRAINE - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - NICOLAS-FRANÇOIS, EXILE IN FLORENCE

(1634-1637)

Nicolas François is the younger son of François II, Count of Vaudémont, and Christine de Salm. He was born on December 6, 1609. In August 1633, his brother Duke Charles IV, in order to calm the French troops, ceded his duchy of Lorraine to him. Richelieu saw in this assignment a manipulation and let it be known that the designated heiress was to be Claude de Lorraine, cousin of Nicolas François. Without further ado, Nicolas François married Claude de Lorraine, in Lunéville, on February 18, 1634, allowing him to assert his title of Duke of Lorraine. As soon as the marriage became known, Nicolas Charles and Claude were arrested. However, they succeeded in fleeing and taking refuge with Charles IV, in Besançon, before going to Italy and settling in Florence, where they minted coins between 1634 and 1637. In 1637, the couple moved to Vienna; Claude died there on April 2, 1648 and Nicolas François returned to holy orders before becoming Abbot of Senones from 1660 to 1668. He died in Nancy on January 25, 1670.