bfe_271102 - CHAMPAGNE - ARCHBISHOP OF REIMS - GUILLAUME / WILLIAM IER DIT "AUX BLANCHES MAINS" Lot de 5 deniers
350.00 €(Approx. 399.00$ | 297.50£)
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Type : Lot de 5 deniers
Date: c. 1210
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Reims
Metal : silver
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaires provenant de la collection “Robert”, de MONNAIES 39, n° 617 et de MONNAIES 44, n° 614
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).
Commentary
Lot de 5 deniers : TTB, 1,13 g, TB+, 1,15 g, 1,12 g, 1,12 g, 1,12 g, .
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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