Live auction - bfe_1088150 - ORANGE - PRINCIPALITY OF ORANGE - WILLIAM HENRY OF NASSAU Denier tournois
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 510 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 March 2026 17:02:09 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier tournois
Date: 1680
Mint name / Town : Orange
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,5 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier tournois est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et large. Monnaie présentant une assez forte usure ainsi que des faiblesses de frappe
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]DIS* [...]V. PVI. 1680.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé à droite de Guillaume-Henri de Nassau.
Reverse
Reverse legend : + D[E]NIER* A[B ?]LA[...]IR*.
Reverse description : Trois lis en forme de trèfles posés 2 et 1.
Commentary
Les deniers tournois frappés à Orange par Guillaume-Henri de Nassau en 1680 et 1681 sont très mal gravés et de la plus grande rareté. Deux types sont recensés dans le CGKL, l’un avec trois lis sous un cornet, l’autre avec trois lis sous un soleil. Ce denier tournois inédit présente au revers seulement trois lis en forme de trèfles posés 2 et 1 ; de plus les légendes sont différentes et n’ont pu être lues clairement en raison de l’usure de la monnaie.
The deniers tournois minted in Orange by William Henry of Nassau in 1680 and 1681 are very poorly engraved and extremely rare. Two types are recorded in the CGKL (Catalogue Générale des Coins et Galeries Lausannes), one with three fleurs-de-lis beneath a horn, the other with three fleurs-de-lis beneath a sun. This previously unknown denier tournois has only three trefoil-shaped fleurs-de-lis arranged two and one on the reverse; moreover, the legends are different and could not be clearly read due to wear on the coin.
The deniers tournois minted in Orange by William Henry of Nassau in 1680 and 1681 are very poorly engraved and extremely rare. Two types are recorded in the CGKL (Catalogue Générale des Coins et Galeries Lausannes), one with three fleurs-de-lis beneath a horn, the other with three fleurs-de-lis beneath a sun. This previously unknown denier tournois has only three trefoil-shaped fleurs-de-lis arranged two and one on the reverse; moreover, the legends are different and could not be clearly read due to wear on the coin.
Historical background
ORANGE - PRINCIPALITY OF ORANGE - WILLIAM HENRY OF NASSAU
(1678-1702)
Guillaume-Henri (1650-1702) was France's hereditary enemy of Louis XIV. Posthumous son of William II of Orange and Marie Stuart, sister of Charles II and Jacques II, he married his cousin Marie (1662-1694). Prince of Orange at birth, he became Stadtholder of the Netherlands after the assassination of the Witt brothers in 1672. He succeeded his uncle and father-in-law, James II, as King of England in 1688 and reigned from first with his wife Marie until 1694, then alone from 1694 until his death in 1702.
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