bfe_560227 - AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF AQUITAINE - WILLIAM X Denier

AU55

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Price : 150.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Bordeaux

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise sur lequel la croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.464 (1 f.) - PA.2735

Predigree :

Exemplaire sous coque PCGS AU55, 758873.55/37680518

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CLVILILMO, (PREMIÈRE L RÉTROGRADE).

Obverse description : Quatre croisettes formant une croix.

Obverse translation : (Guillaume).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + BVRDEGIILA.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Bordeaux).

Historical background

AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF AQUITAINE - WILLIAM X

(1127-1137)

Guillaume X (1099-1137) was born in Toulouse where his father occupied the county of Toulouse in the war which opposed him to Raymond IV of Saint-Gilles (1088-1105). He succeeded his father in 1127 when Toulouse was occupied a second time (1119-1125/7). He supports the antipope Anaclet II (1130-1138) between 1130 and 1134 then reconciled with Innocent II (1130-1143). Before leaving on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela where he died, William entrusted his duchy and his daughter to the care of Louis VI le Gros (1108-1137). Louis, the king's son, married Eleanor of Aquitaine, William's daughter, in 1137.

AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF AQUITAINE - WILLIAM X Obole XF

180.00 €

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