AG117 - Aquitiaine, Bergerac, Henry of Grosmont, as Earl of Lancaster and Lord of Bergerac (1347-1351), Gros Tournois au Léopard au-dessus, 1.64g., Bergerac mint (Dordogne), cross pattee within two circles of legend, +HENRCOMEL ANGAST / +BN[DICTV:SIT:NOME]:DNI:NRI:DEI, rev., Châtel Tournois, spire topped by cross, 3 annulets in castle, trssure of nine arches containing leaves, DNS BRAGERIAC, (E.129g), extremely rare, weak in parts otherwise very fine. $2750 SOLD

Provenance:

Ex Professor de G. W. de Wit Collection, Fritz Rudolf Künker Münzenhandlung Auction 121, March 12th, 2007, Lot 431.

 

As a reward for his successful military exploits in France, Henry of Grosmont (a great great great grandson of king John), was given the Lordship of Bergerac by Edward III. Along with the town and castle came the right to strike money and enjoy the profit of the mint.