bfe_571737 - LYONNAIS - ARCHBISCHOP OF LYON - ANONYMOUS COINAGE Demi-obole ou pite

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Type : Demi-obole ou pite

Date: c.1250-1280

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Lyon

Metal : billon

Diameter : 12,5 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 0,29 g.

Coments on the condition:

Cette pite est frappée sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise présentant de petites taches au revers. Reliefs assez nets pour ce type monétaire qui est souvent mal frappé

Catalogue references :

Bd.1139 (8 f.) - PA.5035 (113/15)

Predigree :

Monnaie achetée en janvier 1995 auprès de Marcel Pesce et resté en collection depuis cette date

Obverse

Obverse legend : + PRIMA° S°, (E LUNAIRES).

Obverse description : Grande L barrée.

Obverse translation : (Lyon, premier siège).

Reverse

Reverse legend : G-A-L-I.

Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende.

Reverse translation : (de la Gaule).

Historical background

LYONNAIS - ARCHBISCHOP OF LYON - ANONYMOUS COINAGE

(12th-14th centuries)

The concession of the coin of Lyon could date from the time of Charles II the Bald. This monetary right was often disputed by the kings of Burgundy in the 10th and 11th centuries, in particular by Henry III of Burgundy. Frederick I Barbarossa (1152-1190) confirmed the concession of the Lyon Mint to Archbishop Humbert on November 18, 1157 (A. Blanchet, Manuel, op. cit., p.369). La Monnaie, after the French annexation of 1312, retained its monetary privileges in the regulations of 1315. The episcopal workshop disappeared at the end of the 14th century.

LYONNAIS - ARCHBISCHOP OF LYON - ANONYMOUS COINAGE Denier XF

70.00 €

Full data

LYONNAIS - ARCHBISCHOP OF LYON - ANONYMOUS COINAGE Obole ou petit denier XF

110.00 €