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Live auction - bfe_507110 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - JOANNA OF NAPLES Franc à pied

PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - JOANNA OF NAPLES Franc à pied VF/XF
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Estimate : 2 600 €
Price : 1 700 €
Maximum bid : 2 000 €
End of the sale : 04 December 2018 16:26:27
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Franc à pied
Date: c. 1368-1374
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : gold
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 3,76 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce franc est frappé sur un flan un peu irrégulier et légèrement voilé. Reliefs plus nets au revers qu’au droit
Catalogue references :
Bd.-  - PA.-  - R.91
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Argenor du 9 mai 2007, n° 398 et de la collection Yves Caille

Obverse


Obverse legend : IOANNA - . RE DEI G. IHR. E - T. SICL., (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
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 (un annelet à la garde) et la main de justice de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jeanne, par la grâce de Dieu, reine de Jérusalem et Sicile).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + COMETISA* PROVINCIE* ET* FOLCACERII* AK* I, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE).
Reverse description : Croix tréflée avec quadrilobe anglé en cœur contenant un point, cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d'une couronne, aux 2 et 3 d'un lis, dans un quadrilobe anglé accosté de lis portant en cœur un annelet pointé.
Reverse translation : (comtesse de Provence et Forcalquier).

Commentary


Variété rare avec le nom de Jeanne commençant à 9 heures au droit et au revers le titre de comtesse de Provence et de Forcalquier.

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.

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