Live auction - bfe_1094914 - BORDEAUX - CITY WEIGHT Poids d’une demi-livre de Bordeaux
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| Estimate : | 2 000 € |
| Price : | 740 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 225 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 March 2026 17:06:57 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Poids d’une demi-livre de Bordeaux
Date: 1316
Mint name / Town : Bordeaux
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 58,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 192,72 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce poids est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Poids ayant été poinçonné d’un croissant au centre de la porte de ville et d’un trèfle sous les pattes antérieures du léopard
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]MI. LB. COMVNA. DE. BORDEV.
Obverse description : Porte de ville accosté de deux signes indéterminés (croissant et étoile ?).
Obverse translation : (Demi-livre de la commune de Bordeaux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + ANNO: DOMINI: MCCC XVI.
Reverse description : Léopard passant à gauche ; au-dessous un G.
Reverse translation : (Année du Seigneur 1316).
Commentary
Forien de Rochesnard mentionne un huitième de livre en 1315, puis en 1316 des poids de deux livres, d’une livre ainsi que des demis, quarts et huitièmes de livre.
Forien de Rochesnard mentions an eighth of a pound in 1315, then in 1316 weights of two pounds, one pound, as well as halves, quarters, and eighths of a pound.
Forien de Rochesnard mentions an eighth of a pound in 1315, then in 1316 weights of two pounds, one pound, as well as halves, quarters, and eighths of a pound.







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