Live auction - bfe_625223 - LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - JOHN III OF BRITTANY AND ISABEL Denier

LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - JOHN III OF BRITTANY AND ISABEL Denier XF

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Estimate :	1 200 €
Price :	750 €
Maximum bid :	800 €
End of the sale :	08 December 2020 17:49:50
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Limoges

Metal : billon

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 1,02 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et est recouvert d’une patine foncée. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.400 (10 f.) - PA.2314 (51/5)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + I. DVX BRITANIE.

Obverse description : Champ aux armes de Dreux et au franc canton de Castille.

Obverse translation : (Jean, duc de Bretagne).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + VICEC. LEMOVIC.

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 1 d’une moucheture d’hermine.

Reverse translation : (vicomte de Limoges).

Commentary

Cette monnaie, sans le titre DVX BRITANIE, fut certainement frappée avant 1312, année durant laquelle Jean, vicomte de Limoges, devint duc de Bretagne.

Historical background

LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - JOHN III OF BRITTANY AND ISABEL

(1316-1328)

Jean III (1286-1341) is the son of Arthur II of Brittany. His father instituted him viscount of Limoges in 1301, then he became duke of Brittany in 1305, but died in 1312. Jean III le Bon therefore in turn became duke of Brittany. In 1314, he gave the Viscountcy of Limoges to his brother Guy VII (1314-1317). After Guy's death, he instituted the viscountcy as a dower for the benefit of his wife Isabelle de Castille. But Isabelle died in 1328. He remarried Joan of Savoy in 1329 and offered Limoges as a dower to his second wife. He recognized Philippe VI de Valois as King of France and was wounded at the Battle of Cassel. He became Earl of Richmond in 1333 and paid homage to Edward III of England for this earldom. Without an heir, he married his niece Jeanne to Charles de Blois and died in Caen in 1341 after having supported Philippe VI in the Hundred Years War which began.