FRANCE, Provincial. Lorraine (duché). René I. 1431-1453. AR Gros (25.5mm, 1.80 g, 6h). Nancy mint.

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The Richard A. Jourdan Collection – World, Silver

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FRANCE, Provincial. Lorraine (duché). René I. 1431-1453. AR Gros (25.5mm, 1.80 g, 6h). Nancy mint. RENATI DVX BAREn n Z LOTh m, coat-of-arms over sword; star and double star stops / (lis) SIT nOmEn DnI BEnEDICTV, cross of Lorraine; star and double star stops. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 435; Flon 435; cf. Saulcy pl. 10, 12; Roberts 9475. Toned, slightly wavy flan. VF.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Elsen FPL 198 (Aptil-May 1998), no. 400.

‘René I of Anjou is memorable for having introduced on his coins the cross of Anjou with two cross-arms, already seen on coins of the house of Anjou in Hungary, which was to become better known to later generations as the cross of Lorraine as a result of having been adopted by the League during the French Wars of Religion.’ Grierson, p. 199.

Closing Date and Time: 25 March 2020 at 10:34:00 ET.

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