v16_0776 - NAMUR - MARQUISATE OF NAMUR - GUI OF DAMPIERRE Esterlin

NAMUR - MARQUISATE OF NAMUR - GUI OF DAMPIERRE Esterlin AU

MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 210.00 €

Type : Esterlin

Date: 1280-1297

Date: n.d.

Metal : billon

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 1,24 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Cet esterlin est frappé sur un flan assez large présentant un léger éclatement à 4 heures au revers. Les reliefs sont nets sur les deux faces. Une légère patine grise recouvre les deux faces de cet exemplaire

Catalogue references :

Bd.2159 (4 f.) - May.pl. 2 n° 43

Obverse

Obverse legend : :G: CO-MES - FLA-DRE.

Obverse description : Croix double, coupant la légende, cantonnée de trois groupes de trois annelets.

Obverse translation : (Gui, comte de Flandre).

Reverse

Reverse legend : MAR-CHIO: N-AMVRC.

Reverse description : Écu au lion chargé d’une bande, coupant la légende.

Reverse translation : (Marquisat de Namur).

Historical background

NAMUR - MARQUISATE OF NAMUR - GUI OF DAMPIERRE

(1264-1297)

At the end of the 12th century, the County of Namur was attached to that of Hainaut following the marriage of Alix de Namur with Baudouin IV, Count of Hainaut. In 1199, Philippe, second son of Baudouin IV, obtained the county of Namur which was erected as a marquisate by the Emperor Henry VI. Gui de Dampierre only came into possession of the Marquisate of Namur in 1264, when he married Isabelle, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg. In 1280 he inherited, on his mother's side, the county of Flanders. In 1297, he left the county of Namur to his son, Jean. He died in captivity in Paris in March 1305.