Live auction - bfe_529641 - LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - ARTHUR OF BRITTANY Denier
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| Estimate : | 2 000 € |
| Price : | 1 050 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 111 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 17:35:54 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1275-1303
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 0,98 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Exemplaire présentant de petites concrétions vertes superficielles au revers. Une patine foncée recouvre ses deux faces. La croix du droit apparaît en négatif au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ARTVRI VICE. C..
Obverse description : Croix cantonnée au 2 d’un trident (ou châtel).
Obverse translation : (Arthur, vicomte).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + LEMOVIC[EN]SIS.
Reverse description : Armes couvrant le champ, parties de Dreux-Bretagne et de Limoges.
Reverse translation : (de Limoges).
Commentary
Monnaie particulièrement rare absente de nombreuses collections.
Particularly rare coin absent from many collections
Particularly rare coin absent from many collections
Historical background
LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - ARTHUR OF BRITTANY
(1275-1303)
In 1275, Arthur marries Marie de Limoges, becoming by his marriage Viscount of Limoges. From this first marriage he had three children, two of whom survived him, the future Duke of Brittany Jean III le Bon and Guy, father of Jeanne de Penthièvre, who married Charles de Blois in 1337. In his second marriage, he married Yolande de Dreux whose he will have a son, the future Duke of Brittany Jean IV.
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