Live auction - bfe_498142 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - RENÉ I OF ANJOU Demi-gros d’Aix
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| Estimate : | 2 000 € | 
| Price : | 800 € | 
| Maximum bid : | 800 € | 
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 16:50:23 | 
| bidders : | 1 bidder | 
Type : Demi-gros d’Aix
Date: 1476-1480
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Tarascon
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,69 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce demi-gros est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Monnaie avec une fente traversante et fragile (recollée ?). Faiblesse de frappe au centre au centre du motif central du droit se retrouvant au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + RINATVS: EXLILIIS: SICILIE: CORONATVS..
Obverse description : Champ écartelé à six quartiers, en haut, Hongrie, Anjou, Jérusalem, en bas Anjou moderne à trois lis et Bar, sur le tout un écu de Provence.
Obverse translation : (René, par le lis, couronné sur la Sicile).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (TARASQUE): CRVX: AVE: SPES: VNICA:., (PONCTUATION PAR TROIS POINTS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Croix évidée à double traverse (croix d’Anjou).
Reverse translation : (Ô croix, salut, (notre) unique espérance).
Commentary
Ce type monétaire est également connu pour l’atelier Aix-en-Provence. Les exemplaires de Tarascon, avec une tarasque en début de légende du revers, sont rares. La tarasque est animal du folklore provençal censé hanté les marécages de Tarascon.
This coin type is also known from the Aix-en-Provence mint. Examples from Tarascon, with a tarasque at the beginning of the legend on the reverse, are rare. The tarasque is an animal from Provençal folklore said to haunt the marshes of Tarascon.
This coin type is also known from the Aix-en-Provence mint. Examples from Tarascon, with a tarasque at the beginning of the legend on the reverse, are rare. The tarasque is an animal from Provençal folklore said to haunt the marshes of Tarascon.



 
							
						



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