Live auction - bfe_742609 - JOHN OF CHALON-AUXERRE Double tournois
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 700 € |
| Maximum bid : | 700 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 June 2022 18:41:20 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Double tournois
Date: c. 1340
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Orgelet
Metal : billon
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 0,87 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce double tournois est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier présentant des éclatements. Exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe et de petites taches vertes
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IOHANNES. COMES.
Obverse description : Deux lis superposés, accostés successivement de A, R et de T, I ; un annelet entre Ar et un autre entre TI.
Obverse translation : (Jean, comte).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONE[TA] - ORIANET.
Reverse description : Croix latine fleurdelisée dont la hampe coupe la légende en bas.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie d’Orgelet).
Commentary
Ce double tournois copie les doubles tournois royaux de Philippe VI. Jean II de Chalon-Auxerre fit frapper illégalement des monnaies à Orgelet ce qui lui valut d'être excommunier par l'archevêque de Besançon.
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