E-auction 23-6690 - fre_305336 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Sol n.d. Genève
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| Estimate : | 60 € |
| Price : | 15 € |
| Maximum bid : | 15 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 September 2013 16:22:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Sol
Date: (1548-1550)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Genève
Metal : billon
Diameter : 20,8 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,80 g.
Edge : lisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : *GENEVA* CIVITAS*, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE À CINQ PÉTALES).
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la cité surmonté d'une aigle éployée et bicéphale.
Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (MM): POST: TENEBRAS: LVX:.
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée.
Reverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière (Genèse)).
Commentary
Henry Goulaz est nommé maître de l'atelier de Genève le 24 janvier 1539. Il avait été le maître de l'atelier de Cornavin de 1528 à 1532. Les frères Berthelier sont devenus quant à eux seuls monétaires entre 1546 et 1548. Le sol vaut 12 deniers de Genève. D'après Demole, ces sols de Genève sans millésime, mais avec comme différent une étoile en début de légende du revers, auraient été frappés à partir de 1548 et jusqu'au mois de mai 1550.
Henry Goulaz was appointed master of the Geneva mint on January 24, 1539. He had been the master of the Cornavin mint from 1528 to 1532. The Berthelier brothers became the sole minters between 1546 and 1548. The sol is worth 12 Geneva deniers. According to Demole, these Geneva sols without a date, but with a star as a difference at the beginning of the legend on the reverse, would have been struck from 1548 until May 1550
Henry Goulaz was appointed master of the Geneva mint on January 24, 1539. He had been the master of the Cornavin mint from 1528 to 1532. The Berthelier brothers became the sole minters between 1546 and 1548. The sol is worth 12 Geneva deniers. According to Demole, these Geneva sols without a date, but with a star as a difference at the beginning of the legend on the reverse, would have been struck from 1548 until May 1550
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
(1541-1789)
Gegenna became Geneva on December 4, 1535. On November 24, 1535, the Council of Two Hundred decided to have coins minted in the name of the Republic of Geneva; the first sols de billon were minted in 1536. The Republic of Geneva was proclaimed on May 21, 1536 and the reformed religion became the state religion. Education becomes compulsory and free.
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