bfe_323132 - SAVOY - DUCHY OF SAVOY - LOUIS Quart de gros, 1er type
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 55.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Quart de gros, 1er type
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Cornavin
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,20 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart de gros est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et échancré. Le droit est plus net que le revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + LVDOVIC’: D’: SABAVD’, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX CROIX SUPERPOSÉES).
Obverse description : Croix de Savoie dans un losange.
Obverse translation : (Louis, duc de Savoie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + PRINCEPSX IMPE’: ETC’, (PONCTUATION PAR CROIX ET DEUX CROIX SUPERPOSÉES).
Reverse description : FERT en lettres gothiques entre quatre traits.
Reverse translation : (Prince, empereur, etc.).
Historical background
SAVOY - DUCHY OF SAVOY - LOUIS
(1440-1465)
He is the youngest son of Duke Amédée VIII and Marie-Claude de Bourgogne. He was born in 1413. In 1431, following the premature death of his brother, Amadeus VIII named him crown prince. In February 1433, he married, in Nicosia, Anne de Lusignan, daughter of the King of Cyprus and Jerusalem. He became Duke of Savoy in 1440, after his father's abdication. He died on January 29, 1465 in Lyon. His son Amédée IX succeeded him.
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