v60_0211 - LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - ARTHUR OF BRITTANY Denier

LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - ARTHUR OF BRITTANY Denier XF

MONNAIES 60 (2013)
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 717.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 1 000.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 1275-1303

Metal : billon

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 0,85 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise sur lequel la croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.397 (10 f.) - PA.2302 (50/19)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + ARTVRI VICE. C..

Obverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 2 d’un annelet.

Obverse translation : (Arthur, vicomte).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + LEMOVICENSIS.

Reverse description : Écu écartelé de Dreux et de Limoges.

Reverse translation : (de Limoges).

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.