v22_0076 - BRITTANY - COUNTY OF PENTHIÈVRE - ANONYMOUS. Coinage minted in the name of Etienne I Denier
MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 45.00 €
Estimate : 75.00 €
Realised price : 55.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 302.00 €
Starting price : 45.00 €
Estimate : 75.00 €
Realised price : 55.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 302.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1150-1190
Mint name / Town : Guingamp
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,82 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Petite tache au droit et exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + STEPHAN COM, (A BOULETÉ).
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Étienne, comte de).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + GVINGANP, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 1 HEURE).
Reverse description : Tête barbare et stylisée à droite ; une étoile devant la bouche.
Reverse translation : (Guigamp).
Commentary
Variété avec la croix du droit non cantonnée.
Variety with the right cross not cantoned
Variety with the right cross not cantoned
Historical background
BRITTANY - COUNTY OF PENTHIÈVRE - ANONYMOUS. Coinage minted in the name of Etienne I
(1093-1138)
Étienne became Count of Penthièvre in 1093, collecting the inheritance of his brother Geoffroy. He then acquired the county of Richemont after the death of his two other brothers, Alain le Noir and Alain le Roux. He takes possession of Guingamp after his marriage to Havoise. At the end of his reign, he had to face the revolt of his son Geoffroy II Boterel who recovered the county of Lamballe in 1125 and succeeded him, on his death, in 1138.
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