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bfe_332019 - PRINCIPALITY OF ORANGE - FREDERICK HENRY OF NASSAU Double tournois, type 4
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Price : 45.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 45.00 €
Type : Double tournois, type 4
Date: 1640
Mint name / Town : Orange
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,36 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce double tournois présente un droit bien venu à la frappe. Le revers est un peu moins net. Exemplaire nettoyé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .FRED. HENR. D: G. PRIN. AVR..
Obverse description : Buste de Frédéric-Henri de Nassau à droite, tête nue, cuirassé avec un petit col plat rabattu, quatre points sous le buste.
Obverse translation : (Frédéric-Henri, par la grâce de Dieu, prince d’Orange).
Reverse
Reverse legend : * DOVBLE. TOVRNOIS. 1640.
Reverse description : Trois lis posés 2 et 1.
Historical background
PRINCIPALITY OF ORANGE - FREDERICK HENRY OF NASSAU
(1625-1647)
Frédéric-Henri (1584-1647) was the youngest son of Guillaume le Taciturne (1533-1584) and his fourth wife Louise de Coligny (1555-1620), married in 1583, daughter of Gaspard de Coligny. Frédéric-Henri is the brother of Philippe-Guillaume (1584-1618) and Maurice (1618-1625). Maurice de Nassau (1567-1625), his half-brother, had a military education and Frédéric-Henri succeeded him as Stadhouder of Holland and Prince of Orange in 1625. Married to Amélie de Solms (1602-1675), he was the father of William II (1616-1650).
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