v50_0196 - COUNTY OF LIGNY - WALERAND III Tiers ou quart de gros ?
MONNAIES 50 (2011)
Starting price : 900.00 €
Estimate : 2 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 900.00 €
Estimate : 2 000.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tiers ou quart de gros ?
Date: c. 1371
Mint name / Town : Ligny-en-Barrois
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 0,59 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Coments on the condition:
Cette monnaie est frappée sur un flan assez large et irrégulier présentant des faiblesses de frappe. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : + WAL-LERAND* DE[...]-*.
Obverse description : Cavalier passant à gauche, brandissant une épée de sa main droite, et portant un écu au lion portant un lambel de sa main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Wallerand de...).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + DEI* GRA* COMES* D[...EI?].
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée cantonnée aux 2 et 3 d’une étoile ajourée à six pointes.
Reverse translation : (par la grâce de Dieu).
Commentary
Monnaie de la plus grande rareté, unique, inédite et absente de tous les ouvrages de référence consultés.
Coin of the greatest rarity, unique, unpublished and absent from all the reference works consulted
Coin of the greatest rarity, unique, unpublished and absent from all the reference works consulted
Historical background
COUNTY OF LIGNY - WALERAND III
(1371-1415)
In 1379, Wallerand was taken prisoner by the English. He married Mahaut de Reus (+ in 1392), daughter of the Count of Kent. His property was immediately seized by the French, but Charles VI returned it to him upon his accession. He remarried in 1400 with Bonne de Bar, eldest daughter of Duke Robert de Bar and Marie de France. He held great positions, such as that of Grand Master of Waters and Forests and Grand Bottler. In 1411 he became constable. He died in April 1415 at the Château d'Yvey.
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