Orange (1340-93) 1/2 carlino
This specimen was lot 901 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €130 (about US$180 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, ORANGE, Principauté, Raymond IV (1340-1393), AR demi-carlin. D/ Le prince trônant de f. sur deux lions, ten. un sceptre et une fleur. R/ MON-ET CI-VITS- AVRA Croix double, longue et pattée, cantonnée de quatre cornets. Belle patine. (France, principality of Orange, Raymond IV, 1340-93, silver half carlino. Obverse: the prince enthroned between two lions, holding a scepter and a flower; reverse: voided long cross pattée, cantonned with four cornets. Nice patina, Very Fine.)"
Raymond, prince of Baux-Orange, was a member of a local family which ruled the principality 1171-1417. Orange eventually passed to William the Silent, stadtholder of the Netherlands, in 1544, and was ruled by his descendants until it was ceded to Louis XIV in 1702.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.61 g, silver, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 1,65 g.
Catalog reference: B. 986; P.A. 4513; D. 2084.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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