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FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
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FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
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Estimate €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
Orange (Principality of), Frederick Henry of Nassau (1625–1647). Double pistol, undated, Orange.
Obverse (at 6 o’clock) FRED. HENR. D. G. PRIN. AVR. CO. NA. Armoured bust facing right, with a flat collar, of Frederick Henry of Nassau; (different) in the exergue.
Rev. (at 1 o’clock) SOLI. DEO. HONOR. ET. GLORIA. A crowned shield, quartered with the coats of arms of Nassau, Catzenelleboggen, Vianden and Dietz, with an overlying shield quartered with those of Chalon and Orange, with the Genevois in the centre; above all, at the top, the coat of arms of Moers, and at the bottom, the coat of arms of Buren.
Dy.2159 (quadruple pistole) – V/vdW.53 – Fr.196; Gold – 13.19 g - 28.5 mm - 5 h
This is the second-highest grade (2)!
NGC AU 58 (8769676-018).
Beautifully struck on the obverse, slightly off-centre on the reverse. Slight, even wear from circulation. With a golden patina. Superb.
The pistole is sometimes regarded as the equivalent of the French gold écus or the Spanish escudo from the time of Philip II (approx. 3.4 g). The coin known as the ‘double espagnol’ or ‘double escudo’ (approx. 6.75 g) is also called a ‘pistole’, and this usage subsequently prevailed, as the pistole became the equivalent of the Louis d’or from 1640 onwards. Molière’s characters therefore count their wealth in pistoles or Louis d’or. The double pistole (approx. 13.5 g) and quadruple pistole (approx. 27 g) are calculated on a pro rata basis.
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