Double tournois à la Croisette - 2e type - Henri II
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Henry II (Henri II) (1547-1559)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1551-1552 |
| Value | 2 Deniers (1⁄120 LT) |
| Currency | Livre tournois (1204-1795) |
| Composition | Billon |
| Weight | 1.04 g |
| Diameter | 15.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 428491 |
| References | Dy royales# 1005A Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). Stéphan Sombart; 2022. Monnaies royales françaises de Louis XI à Henri IV / Volume 1: 1461-1610. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. Louis Ciani, Jules Florange (ed.); 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles (publisher). Les monnaies des rois de France. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France / Basel, Switzerland (2 volumes). |
Obverse
Three lilies.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ✠ HENRI • 2 • D • G • FRAN • REX
Unabridged legend: Henricus II Dei Gratia Francorum Rex
Reverse
Solid cross within a quatrefoil; workshop letter below.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ✠ SIT • NOMEN • DNI • BENE • 15[...]
Unabridged legend: Sit Nomen Domini Benedictum
Mints
| R | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France |
| X | Villefranche, modern-day Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1551 X | 25% | ||||||||||||||
| 1552 R | 
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38% | |||||||||||||
| 1552 X |
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50% | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 90
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Examples of the type
© elagabale2000
1552 X • 0.82 g
1552 X • 0.82 g
/ HENRICVS D [G FR… REX], Trois lis posé deux et 1, R/ SIT NOMEN : DNI : BENE [1552], croisette plaine dans un quadrilobe, X dessous - Sombart 4280 (légende d’avers différente)
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