bfe_831260 - AUVERGNE - BISHOPRIC OF CLERMONT - ANONYMOUS Denier
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Price : 90.00 €
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Price : 90.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1100-1150
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Clermont
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,14 g.
Coments on the condition:
Denier frappé sur un flan plutôt large et légèrement irrégulier. Quelques faiblesses ainsi que des concrétions vertes sont visibles
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SEA MARIA, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste drapé et couronné de la Vierge de face entre deux annelets, coupant la légende en bas.
Obverse translation : (Sainte-Marie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + VRBS° ARVERNA.
Reverse description : Croix bouletée, cantonnée de quatre trèfles attachés dans les angles.
Reverse translation : (Ville d’Auvergne).
Historical background
AUVERGNE - BISHOPRIC OF CLERMONT - ANONYMOUS
(12th century)
The coinage of the Virgin could begin under the episcopates of Aimerie (1111-1150) or Etienne VI de Mercoeur (1151-1169). The heavy weight of some examples leans towards the first solution. Hugues de la Tour (1250-1286) received a remonstrance from Alphonse de Poitiers (1241-1271), brother of Saint-Louis, for having weakened the coinage. Philippe IV in 1295 confirmed the right to mint coins in Adhémar de Cros. The coin of Clermont is still quoted in 1315 under the episcopate of Aubert de Montaigu (1307-1328).
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