v22_0612 - BURGUNDY - DUCHY OF BURGUNDY - HUGH IV Denier

BURGUNDY - DUCHY OF BURGUNDY - HUGH IV Denier XF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 40.00 €
Estimate : 70.00 €
Realised price : 60.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 100.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Dijon

Metal : silver

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 0,90 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et est recouvert d’une patine grise. La croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit. Infime petite rayure sous la croisette initiale du droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.1212 (2 f.) - PA.5678 (131/13) - Dumas8/1-1 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : + VGO BVRGVNDIE.

Obverse description : DVX entre deux traits sur une anille.

Obverse translation : (Hugues, duc de Bourgogne).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + DIVIONENSIS.

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 2 et 3 d’une trèfle dont la queue part du cœur de la croix.

Reverse translation : (Dijon).

Historical background

BURGUNDY - DUCHY OF BURGUNDY - HUGH IV

(1218-1278)

Hugues IV (1212-1278) succeeds his father Eudes III (1193-1218). In 1239, he left for the Holy Land and lived there for two years. He accompanied Saint-Louis during the Sixth Crusade in Egypt and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Mansourah in 1250. After paying a very large ransom, he returned to France. In 1255 and not in 1239, he exchanged the counties of Chalon and Auxonne against part of the seigneury of Salin. In 1265, it was invested by Baudoin of Constantinople with the kingdom of Thessaloniki. On his death, his son Robert succeeded him (1272-1305).