Live auction - fwo_436610 - MONACO Pezzetta Honoré III 1735 Monaco

MONACO Pezzetta Honoré III 1735 Monaco XF

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	221 €
Maximum bid :	221 €
End of the sale :	01 August 2017 18:57:05
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Pezzetta Honoré III

Date: 1735

Mint name / Town : Monaco

Quantity minted : -

Metal : billon

Diameter : 24,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4, g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait d’Honoré III

Catalogue references :

CNI/III.7 var. - G.100 (85) - NP.26/78

Obverse

Obverse legend : HONORATVS. III. D. G. PR. MONOECI.

Obverse description : Buste nu, drapé et cuirassé d'Honoré III à droite vu de trois quarts en avant.

Obverse translation : (Honoré III par la grâce de Dieu prince de Monaco).

Reverse

Reverse legend : AVXILLIVM. MEVM A DOMINO. 1735.

Reverse description : Croix formée de quatre H couronnées , cantonnée de quatre fuseaux ; rosette au centre dans un cartouche.

Reverse translation : (Mon secours vient du Seigneur).

Commentary

La pezzetta correspond à une pièce de 3 sols, 36 deniers, 12 liards ou 6 blancs. Monaco au début des années 1730 avait besoin de petites monnaies divisionnaires et le chevalier Grimaldi, qui administrait la principauté au nom d'Honoré III, fit frapper des petites quantités de pezzetta, demi-pezzetta, dardennes et liards.
The pezzetta corresponds to a coin of 3 sols, 36 deniers, 12 liards or 6 blancs. Monaco in the early 1730s needed small fractional coins and the knight Grimaldi, who administered the principality in the name of Honoré III, had small quantities of pezzetta, half-pezzetta, dardennes and liards minted.