Live auction - bfe_353374 - VICOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - CHARLES OF BLOIS Gros aux fleurs de lis

VICOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - CHARLES OF BLOIS Gros aux fleurs de lis AU

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Estimate :	2 200 €
Price :	1 450 €
Maximum bid :	1 450 €
End of the sale :	30 June 2015 16:56:44
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Gros aux fleurs de lis

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Limoges

Metal : billon

Diameter : 30,5 mm

Orientation dies : 2 h.

Weight : 4,26 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe mais très bien frappé pour ce type monétaire. Les concrétions présentent sur l’exemplaire Claouet ont été enlevées par un nettoyage chimique, sans brossage, à l’acide formique dilué à 5 %

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.2326 (51/18)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection Claoué, n° 1535 de la vente Crédit de la Bourse, des 26-28 avril 1993 et de la vente Crédit de la Bourse du 14 avril 2000, n° 674 et de la collection Yves Caille

Obverse

Obverse legend : + KO - DEI - GRA-CIA° ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + SIT [...]NOME: DNI: NRI: DEI: IHV: XPI.

Obverse description : Croix coupant la légende et cantonnée de quatre couronnes.

Obverse translation : (Charles, par la grâce de Dieu ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + VICEC* LEMOVICEN.

Reverse description : Champ semé de lis ; bordure de lis.

Reverse translation : (Vicomte de Limoges).

Commentary

Probablement le plus bel exemplaire connu pour ce très rare type monétaire copié sur le monnayage du roi de France Jean II le Bon.

Historical background

VICOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - CHARLES OF BLOIS

(1341-1364)

Charles de Blois (1319-1364) married Jeanne de Penthièvre, the daughter of Guy, brother of Jean III, last Duke of Brittany, who died in 1341. He claimed the duchy for his wife against Simon de Montfort (1341-1345), demi -brother of John III. The war began in 1341. He seized Rennes in 1342. Simon de Montfort died in 1345, his wife Jeanne de Flandre continued the fight for their son Jean IV de Montfort (1341-1399). Charles became Viscount of Limoges in 1344. After Crécy, he was captured and taken captive to England in 1347; he will only be released after the battle of Poitiers, leaving his two sons as hostages. After the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, Jean II le Bon and Édouard III tried to reconcile the two parties at the meeting in Calais in 1362. It was a failure because of the two Joans (of Penthièvre and of Flanders). Charles was killed at the Battle of Auray on September 27, 1364.