1784. FRANCE, Provincial. Lorraine (duché). Antoine le Bon (the Good). 1508-1544. AR Demi-plaque (1.55 g, 6h). Nancy mint. + ΛnThOn : ∂ : G : CΛLΛBЧ : LOThOЧ : ЄT : BΛЧ : ∂ (double saltire stops), crowned ducal coat of arms / + mOnЄTΛ : nOVΛ : FΛCTΛ : In : nΛnCЄIO : (double saltire stops), armored arm, wielding sword, emerging from clouds. De Saulcy pl. XIV, 13; Roberts 9491; Boudeau 1507. Good VF, darkly toned. ($150)
1785. FRANCE, Provincial. Lorraine (duché). Antoine le Bon (the Good). 1508-1544. AR Quart de teston (2.41 g, 8h). Nancy mint. Dated 1526. (cross of Lorraine) ΛnThOn · LOThOЧ : ЄT · BΛЧ · ∂VX (saltire and double saltire stops), crowned and armored bust left / Crowned ducal coat of arms; cross of Lorraine to left and right. De Saulcy pl. XV, 12 var. (date); Roberts 9573; Boudeau 1516. Good VF, lightly toned. ($200)
1786. FRANCE, Provincial. Lorraine (duché). Antoine le Bon (the Good). 1508-1544. AR Quart de teston (2.39 g, 5h). Nancy mint. Dated 1529. (cross of Lorraine) ΛnThOn · LOThOЧ · ЄT · BΛЧ · ∂VX (saltire stops), crowned and armored bust left / Crowned ducal coat of arms; cross of Lorraine to left and right. Cf. De Saulcy pl. XV, 12 (date and legend); cf. Roberts 9573 (same); Boudeau 1516. EF, toned. ($500) Ex Herbert A. Cahn Collection (Münzen und Medaillen 87, 4 June 1998), lot 445.
1787 1788 1787. FRANCE, Provincial. Lyon (archevêché). Anonymous issues. 12th-13th centuries. AR Denier (1.21 g, 8h). + PRIMA SЄDЄS, large cruciform L / + GALLIARVM, cross pattée. Poey d’Avant 5032; Boudeau 1130; Roberts 4032. Near EF, toned. ($100) Lyon (Lugdunum during Roman times) was Christianized from very early on, and was the first Christian chapter of its kind in Gaul, Bishop Agobard serving as the city’s first bishop in 816. The archbishop received the title Primas Galliae from Pope Gregory VII in 1079
1788. FRANCE, Provincial. Le Maine. Charles III de Valoir. as Count of Anjou and Le Maine, 1290-1317. AR Coronat (1.07 g, 10h). + mOnЄTΛ : CЄnOm, crown; lis below / + SIGnVm : DЄI : VIVI, cross pattée; lis and trefoil in alternating quarters. Poey d’Avant 1613; Boudeau 182 var. (annulets for trefoils); Roberts 4556 var. (same). Good VF, toned. Rare. ($100)
The son of Philippe III, king of France, and Isabella de Aragon, Charles III held the appanages of the count of Valois, Alençon, and Perche, and, through his marriage to Margaret, the eldest daughter of Charles II le Boiteux (the Cripple), became the count of Anjou and Le Maine as well. Always desiring to be king, he never attained the title, though he was a son (of Philippe III, king of France), a brother (of Philippe IV, king of France and of Margaret, queen consort of England), and a son-in-law (of Charles II, king of Naples), as well as, after his death, the father (of Philippe VI, king of France).
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