v39_0615 - CHAMPAGNE - ARCHBISHOP OF REIMS - GUILLAUME / WILLIAM IER DIT "AUX BLANCHES MAINS" Denier
MONNAIES 39 (2009)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1210
Mint name / Town : Reims
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,04 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large présentant de petits éclatements. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection “Robert”
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ARCHIEPISCOPVS.
Obverse description : GVLE/RMVS en deux lignes entre deux barres bouletées, au-dessus et au-dessous un besant.
Obverse translation : (Guillaume, archevêque).
Reverse
Reverse legend : X REMIS CIVITAS.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un lis, aux 2 et 3 d’un croissant.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Reims).
Historical background
CHAMPAGNE - ARCHBISHOP OF REIMS - GUILLAUME / WILLIAM IER DIT "AUX BLANCHES MAINS"
(1176-1202)
Son of Thibaut III, Count of Champagne, Bishop of Chartres and Sens, he was elected Archbishop of Champagne in 1176. At the Lateran Council, Pope Alexander III ordained him cardinal, allowing him to crown the kings of France. In 1179, Louis VII crowned his son, Philippe, and Guillaume was made duke and peer of France. In 1183, the king of France Philippe-Auguste appointed him minister, before he was appointed regent of the kingdom following the departure of the king for the Holy Land. He died in 1202.
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