bfe_374127 - DAUPHINÉ - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF VIENNE - SOBON Denier

DAUPHINÉ - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF VIENNE - SOBON Denier AU

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Price : 380.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c.946

Mint name / Town : Vienne

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 1,14 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine gris foncé de médaillier

Catalogue references :

Bd.1040 (15 f.) - PA.-

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de MONNAIES 58, n° 247, de la collection Yves Caille et de eMonnaies3, n° bfe_360283

Obverse

Obverse legend : + S MAVRICI.

Obverse description : croix.

Obverse translation : (Saint-Maurice).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + VIENNA.

Reverse description : S dans le champ.

Reverse translation : (de Vienne).

Historical background

DAUPHINÉ - ARCHDIOCESE VIENNA - Sobon

(927-949)

Vienna was the ancient capital of Savoyards. Christianized early, she became bishop and archbishop in the fourth century. In the partition of Verdun in 843, it belonged to Lothar and was part of the great Lorraine. Higgs made it the capital of the kingdom of Provence in 879. It lost its importance after the death of Conrad the Pacific when it was attributed to Louis the Blind (890-929), which includes the kingdoms of Burgundy and Provence before giving birth in the next century the kingdom of Arles. From 926, Charles Constantine, bastard of Louis the Blind governs the county Viennese until 962. Sobon was Archbishop of Vienna 927-949. He was the brother of Engelbert, who had married his second wife Thiberge, sister of Hugh of Arles, Garnier de Troyes wife and mother of Hugh, Count of Troyes.

DAUPHINÉ - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF VIENNE - SOBON Denier anonyme AU/XF

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