E-auction 251-174490 - bfe_472658 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - JOANNA OF NAPLES Gros

PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - JOANNA OF NAPLES Gros VF

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Estimate :	180 €
Price :	84 €
Maximum bid :	91 €
End of the sale :	05 February 2018 15:01:30
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Gros

Date: 1369-1372

Date: n.d.

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰

Diameter : 24,5 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 2,60 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce gros est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et voilé présentant d’infimes éclatements. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de de médaillier

Catalogue references :

Bd.859 (4 f.) - PA.4022 (90/17) - FSV. (6/9) - NP.25/92 - R.97

Obverse

Obverse legend : + IOH-AN° IHR° ET° SICL - REG., (A ET N LIÉS, PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).

Obverse description : Couronne surmontant un lambel à trois pendants et deux lis.

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : + COHITSAX PVICEX EX FORCAL, (A ET L LIÉS, N RÉTROGRADE, PONCTUATION PAR DEUX SAUTOIRS SUPERPOSÉS).

Reverse description : Champ mi-parti de Jérusalem et d'Anjou.

Reverse translation : (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.