Live auction - bfe_1144001 - BOURBONNAIS - PRIORSHIP OF SOUVIGNY - ANONYMOUS Denier
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Live starting : Type : Denier
Date: c. 1180-1213
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Souvigny
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,02 g.
Coments on the condition:
Denier frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Usures et faiblesses de frappe sur les deux faces. Traces de la croix en négatif sur l’avers. Patine sombre homogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [SE]S MAIOLVS.
Obverse description : Buste habillé de saint Mayeul, de face, coupant la légende à 6 heures et tenant une crosse posée sur son épaule droite.
Obverse translation : (Saint Mayeul).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + SILVINIA[C]O, (N BOULETÉE).
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Souvigny).
Historical background
BOURBONNAIS - PRIORSHIP OF SOUVIGNY - ANONYMOUS
(12th century-1213)
In 916, the Lord of Bourbon donated Souvigny to the Abbey of Cluny, which arrogated to itself the right to mint coins, a right it did not have, and had it confirmed in 1058 by Pope Stephen IX ( 1057-1058). Coinage begins around 1080 and is mentioned in records from 1095. Coinage is divided into 8 periods: 1) 1080-1213, anonymous coinage; 2) 1213-1216, coinage between Guy de Dampierre and the prior Hugues; 3) 1216-1243, coinage of priors alone; 4) 1243-1249, associated coinage of Bourbon and Souvigny; 5) 1249-1262, return to Souvigny coinage only; 6) 1262-1268, coinage of Souvigny, Jean de Bourgogne and Agnès; 7) 1268-1272, Souvigny coinage alone; 8) since 1272, new pariage between Souvigny and the lords of Bourbon. Souvigny is still mentioned in the ordinance of 1315. Philippe V the Long bought the coin from his cousin Louis de Clermont in 1321.
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