v11_0647 - ANJOU - COUNTY OF ANJOU - GEOFFREY III CALLED ""THE BEARDED" Obole

ANJOU - COUNTY OF ANJOU - GEOFFREY III CALLED THE BEARDED Obole VF

MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 80.80 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 105.04 €

Type : Obole

Date: n.d.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 0,48 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Cette obole est frappée sur un flan large. Les reliefs sont plus nets au revers qu’au droit et le monogramme de Foulques est très bien venu à la frappe

Catalogue references :

Bd.151 - PA.1485 (28/9) - L.671 (R)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GOSIIDVS COS.

Obverse description : Croix à laquelle sont appendus au 3 un alpha, au 4 un oméga.

Obverse translation : (Geoffroy, comte).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + VRBS AIDCOV.

Reverse description : Monogramme de Foulques.

Reverse translation : (Ville d’Angers).

Historical background

ANJOU - COUNTY OF ANJOU - GEOFFREY III CALLED ""THE BEARDED"

(1060-1068)

Geoffroy III the Bearded is the son of Geoffroy II Martel and the grandson of Foulques III Nerra (987-1040), the founder of the Angevin power. Foulques IV le Réchin (1068-1109) succeeded his father, Geoffroy III le Barbu. The counts of Anjou, still powerful, had to face the rise of the Capétiens with Philippe Ier and their turbulent neighbors, in particular Thibaud III of Blois and Chartres (1037-1089/90).