Live auction - bfe_398754 - ORANGE - PHILIP-WILLIAM OF NASSAU Demi-franc

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XF/AU

Estimate :	1 000 €
Price :	720 €
Maximum bid :	807 €
End of the sale :	27 September 2016 17:02:42
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Demi-franc

Date: 1617

Mint name / Town : Orange

Metal : silver

Diameter : 29,5 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 6,94 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce demi-franc est frappé sur un flan court et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant de petites faiblesses de frappe et recouvert d’une légère patine grise. Revers légèrement concave avec des reliefs plus nets qu’au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.- - VW.23 Aa

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant d’une vente Schulman de 1972, de la liste Argenor n° 3, de décembre 2002, n° 721 et de la collection Yves Caille

Obverse

Obverse legend : (ROSE) PHIL. G. I. D. G. PRIN. AVR. COM. NAS.

Obverse description : Buste de Philippe-Guillaume de Nassau à droite, cuirassé, drapé, avec une fraise.

Obverse translation : (Philippe-Guillaume I, par la grâce de Dieu, prince d'Orange, comte de Nassau).

Reverse

Reverse legend : (CORNET) SOLI. DEO. HONR. ET. GLORI. 1617. (MM).

Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée portant une rose en cœur.

Reverse translation : (À Dieu seul l'honneur et la gloire).

Commentary

Type monétaire particulièrement rare pour Philippe-Guillaume de Nassau, absent des ouvrages de Boudeau et Poey d’Avant.

Historical background

ORANGE - PHILIP-WILLIAM OF NASSAU

(1584-20/02/1618)

Philippe-Guillaume was the eldest son of Guillaume le Taciturne and Anne d'Egmont. In 1568, when he was only thirteen years old, studying in Louvain, he was arrested by Philip II of Spain. In 1595 Philippe III of Spain freed Philippe-Guillaume who visited his principality of Orange for the first time in 1599 but failed to get rid of the usurper Alexandre de Mirabel. He married on November 23, 1606 Isabelle de Bourbon and with the help of the king of France Henri IV recovered his principality towards the end of the year 1606. In 1607, received triumphantly in Orange, he founded a parliament there composed half of Catholics and half Protestants. In 1605 and 1616 he stayed again in Orange. He died in Brussels on February 20, 1618.