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Auction: 323 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 296

Anglo-Gallic. Bergerac Coinage. Henry of Lancaster (1347-1361). Gros à la couronne. 1.98 gms. With the title of Earl of Lancaster. Cross within inner circle; (+)hEN COMES L?N, rev. Crown, annulet within, no annulet at left, in circle; DNS: BRAG?II?. Galata 306E-(1/b), Elias 130var (RRRR), S.8108, Poey d'Avant 2686, Dup.997A. Very rare. On the 9th day of August, 1345, Edward the Third's cousin Henry, Earl of Lancaster disembarked at Bordeaux. Until then the English and their allies had fared poorly in the War in Gascony. Henry, now the king's Captain-General and Lieutenant in Aquitaine and Languedoc, though, would launch a military campaign that would bring rapid success. On the 24th of August, he took the strategic city of Bergerac. It marked the turning point in the war. "In gratitude for his victorious deeds in Aquitaine," Edward III conveyed to Henry the castle, town and castellany of Bergerac along with the privilege of striking coin there and enjoying the profit thereof. Light earthen hues. About Very Fine. Ex Joffre Collection, Triton XVIII sale, Jan.6-7, 2015, lot 1824; ex Steve Ford Collection.

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