E-auction 200-129462 - bfe_309828 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - JOANNA OF NAPLES Franc à pied

PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - JOANNA OF NAPLES Franc à pied VF

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Estimate :	750 €
Price :	282 €
Maximum bid :	285 €
End of the sale :	13 February 2017 15:57:30
bidders :	10 bidders

Type : Franc à pied

Date: c. 1368-1374

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Avignon

Metal : gold

Diameter : 30 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 3,73 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce franc est frappé sur un flan assez large, troué et légèrement voilé

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.4010 (90/10) - R.93a

Obverse

Obverse legend : PRO. FOLC. IHR E - SICL IOAN. REG.

Obverse description : Jeanne, couronnée, debout sous un dais gothique accosté de lis, portant une cotte d'armes fleurdelisée par-dessus sa cotte de mailles, tenant l'épée haute de la main droite et la main de justice de la gauche.

Obverse translation : (Jeanne, reine de Provence, Forcalquier, Jérusalem et Sicile).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + XPC* VINCIT* XPC* REGNAT* XPC* IHPERAT.

Reverse description : Croix tréflée avec quadrilobe anglé en cœur contenant un point, cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d'un lis, aux 2 et 3 d'une couronne, dans un quadrilobe anglé accosté de lis portant.

Reverse translation : (Le Christ vainc, le Christ règne, le Christ commande).

Historical background

PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - JOANNA OF NAPLES

(1343-1362-1382)

Jeanne de Naples (1326-1382) succeeded her grandfather in 1343. She is Queen of Naples, Countess of Provence and Forcalquier, titular queen of Jerusalem and Sicily. She was first married with André, Duke of Calabria, assassinated in 1345, then with Louis de Tarente who died in 1362, then with Jacques III, King of Majorca who died in 1375, finally with Othon de Brunswick who died in 1399. She died assassinated in 1382, leaving the County of Provence to Louis I of Anjou, son of Jean II le Bon. In Naples, it was Charles III, great-grandson of Charles II, who succeeded him before being assassinated in 1386.