v39_0613 - CHAMPAGNE - ARCHBISHOP OF REIMS - GUILLAUME / WILLIAM IER DIT "AUX BLANCHES MAINS" Denier

CHAMPAGNE - ARCHBISHOP OF REIMS - GUILLAUME / WILLIAM IER DIT AUX BLANCHES MAINS Denier AU

MONNAIES 39 (2009)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 140.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 155.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 1210

Mint name / Town : Reims

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 1,27 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et est légèrement décentré au droit comme au revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au revers

Catalogue references :

Bd.1792 (3 f.) - PA.6079 (pl. 141/5)

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.

CHAMPAGNE - ARCHBISHOP OF REIMS - GUILLAUME / WILLIAM IER DIT "AUX BLANCHES MAINS" Lot de 5 deniers lot

350.00 €

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