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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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1235
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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Estimate €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Henry IV (1589–1610). Quartered shield, cross with fleur-de-lis arms facing forward, 1590, Compiègne.
Obv. + HENRICVS. IIII. D. G. FRAN. ET. NA. REX. (date). Fleur-de-lis cross with a cruciform finial in the centre.
Rev. SIT. NOMEN. DOMINI. BENE·DIC·TVM. Crowned Shield of France, flanked by II - II; below (mint mark).
Dy.1222 - G.595 (R5) - Sb.4678 (2 ex.) - Marchéville 3023 = this specimen! ; Silver – 9.35 g – 28.5 mm – 9 h
This is the specimen from the Marchéville sale, 22 April 1929, lot 3023, reproduced in plate XCIX and subsequently in the Bastien Mikolajczak collection.
A variety featuring BENE·DIC·TVM but still without a master’s or engraver’s mark, in a characteristic style. A specimen of very fine quality on a regular blank. Only minimal spots and traces of rubbing on the fields. Superb.
By master Philippe de Fidelle (without a master’s mark), a burgher of the town, in the temporary workshop at Compiègne, intended to compete with Paris, which was in the hands of the League (also bearing the letter A). A special issue, struck using converted silver tableware supplied by the town’s governor, Charles de Humières. Minting began in the name of Henry III between May and August, then switched to the name of Henry IV from 15 September onwards, using the same design and style, before the change of type and master at the end of 1590.
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