bfe_646227 - BERRY - LORDSHIP OF ISSOUDUN - GUILLAUME I DE CHAUVIGNY Denier

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Price : 500.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Issoudun

Metal : billon

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 0,87 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large présentant des éclatements et une longue fente. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine foncée présentant des faiblesses de frappe

Catalogue references :

Bd.296 (30 f.) - PA.1996 (42/19) - L.1414 (RRRR)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GVILLERMVS.

Obverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un lis.

Obverse translation : (Guillaume).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [+ E]XOLDVNI.

Reverse description : Lis dans un hexagramme.

Reverse translation : (Issoudun).

Historical background

BERRY - LORDSHIP OF ISSOUDUN - GUILLAUME I DE CHAUVIGNY

(1212-1217)

In 1212, after the death of Raoul III, his lands returned to his sister Mahaut. Guillaume I of Chauvigny, husband of Mahaut, minted coins in Issoudun as administrator of his wife's property. In 1217, Mahaut died childless so that his lordship was divided between several distant relatives. Philippe Auguste bought the rights to the heirs and became sole master of Issoudun in 1221.