| Hess-Divo AG > Auction 341 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 153 Price realized: 36,000 CHF (Approx. 41,082 USD / 38,095 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: FRANCE. ROYAUME. Henri II, 1547-1559. Double Henri d'or 1559, Rouen. HENRICVS II DEI G FRANCOR. REX. Son buste barbu et lauré à droite en cuirasse damasquinée // DVM TOTVM COMPLEAT ORBEM (date). Croix formée de quatre H couronnées, cantonnée de deux croissants et de deux lis. 7,27 g. Dy. 1026; Laf. 861; Fr. -. GOLD. Extremely rare in this quality. RRR. Extremely fine Wonderful Renaissance Portrait of the French King. Henry II was a passionate hunter and sportsman. In June 1559, he was injured in a jousting tournament held to celebrate the treaty and died ten days later after his surgeon, Ambroise Paré, was unable to cure the wound inflicted by Gabriel de Montgomery, the captain of his Scottish Guard. Though he died early, the succession appeared secure as he left four young sons, as well as a wife in Catherine de' Medici, to lead a capable regency during their minority. Three of those sons would all live long enough to be king themselves, but their ineffectual reigns, and the unpopularity of Catherine's regency, helped to spark the French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Protestants, and an eventual end to the House of Valois as France's ruling dynasty. Estimate: 25000 CHF |  |
