Live auction - bfe_765528 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - LOUIS OF PROVENCE Florin d'or de la Chambre de 12 gros
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| Estimate : | 3 000 € |
| Price : | 1 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 805 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 September 2022 17:28:12 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Florin d'or de la Chambre de 12 gros
Date: c. 1390-1410
Mint name / Town : Tarascon
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 2,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce florin est frappé sur un flan légèrement voilé et large. Exemplaire ayant été légèrement nettoyé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : +: LVDOV. D. GRA. IHR. E. SICIL. REX.
Obverse description : Champ parti de Jérusalem et d'Anjou.
Obverse translation : (Louis, par la grâce de Dieu, roi et Sicile et de Jérusalem).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .S. IOHA-NNES B. (LIS SOUS UN LAMBEL).
Reverse description : Saint Jean-Baptiste debout de face, nimbé, vêtu de la dépouille d'agneau, bénissant de la main droite et tenant un sceptre cruciforme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (Saint Jean-Baptiste).
Commentary
H. Rolland attribue les florins à Louis II (R.107) ou à Louis III (R.112).
H. Rolland attributes the florins to Louis II (R.107) or to Louis III (R.112)
H. Rolland attributes the florins to Louis II (R.107) or to Louis III (R.112)
Historical background
PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - LOUIS OF PROVENCE
(1384-1417)
Louis II (1377-1417) is the son of Louis I of Anjou (1339-1384). He is Count of Provence and Forcalquier, King of Naples, Jerusalem and Sicily in title and Count of Anjou. His father died fighting to try to recover the kingdom of Naples and, while Louis II will also try to reconquer it, his mother, Marie de Blois (+1404), governs Provence. Louis II marries Yolande d'Aragon (1380-1443) but dies in Angers at forty.
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