Live auction - bfe_1137427 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES III THE GREAT DUKE Demi-écu d'or ou "demi-pistole"
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Live starting : Type : Demi-écu d'or ou "demi-pistole"
Date: 1587
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 1,70 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Demi-écu frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier présentant de petits chocs sur la tranche et dans les champs. Flan très légèrement voilé. Patine homogène. Reliefs bien venus à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROL. D. G. CAL. LOTH. B. GEL. DVX. -1-5-8-7.
Obverse description : Ecu couronné à sept quartiers : 1 de Hongrie, 2 de Naples, 3 de Jérusalem, 4 d'Aragon, 5 d'Anjou, 6 de Gueldre, 7 de Bar ; sur le tout posé petit écu de Lorraine.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (CROIX DE LORRAINE) DA. MIHI. VIRTV. CONTRA. HOST. TVOS.
Reverse description : Croix de Jérusalem dans un polylobe feuillu avec des points dans les angles ; au-dessous (Mm).
Reverse translation : (Donne moi la force contre tes ennemis).
Commentary
Monnaie particulièrement rare connue seulement pour le millésime 1587 et qui fut accompagnée par l’émission de pistoles ou écus d’or.
Historical background
DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES III THE GREAT DUKE
(1545-1608)
Charles III (1543-1608) is the son of François Ier (1544 -1545) and Christine of Denmark, the niece of Charles V. He was born in Nancy on February 18, 1543 and died there on May 14, 1608. Succeeding his father on June 12, 1545 under the regency of his mother, he was declared of age in 1555 and married Claude de France, the daughter of Henri II, in 1560. He tried to maintain strict neutrality between France and the Empire. Deeply Catholic, he fought fiercely against Protestantism. With the accession of François II and Marie Stuart, Guise by his mother, Charles enjoys a great credit at the court of France which is maintained under Charles IX. He founded the academy of Pont-à-Mousson and decided that the year would begin on January 1 from 1580. He embellished Nancy. From 1584, he joined the Holy League in order to overthrow his brother-in-law Henri III by helping and financing his cousin the Duke of Guise. After the death of Guise, then Henri III, he supported the Duke of Mayenne and signed peace with Henri IV in 1595. Henri, son of Charles, married Catherine de Bourbon, sister of Henri IV, in 1598. Charles died in 1608 in a peaceful Lorraine.
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