v52_0962 - CHAMPAGNE - COUNTY OF TROYES - HERBERT. Coinage in the name of Charles III le Simple Denier

CHAMPAGNE - COUNTY OF TROYES - HERBERT. Coinage in the name of Charles III le Simple Denier VF/XF

MONNAIES 52 (2012)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
Realised price : 135.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 140.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 1050

Mint name / Town : Troyes

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 1,20 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe. La croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.1742 var. - PA.5933 var. (cf. pl. 137, n° 13)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CRACIA REX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).

Obverse description : Monogramme carolin déformé.

Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + TRECAS CIVI.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Troyes).

Historical background

CHAMPAGNE - COUNTY OF TROYES - HERBERT. Coinage in the name of Charles III le Simple

(967-993)

F. Dumas thinks that the coins of Troyes from the Fécamp treasury could be attributed to Herbert II who was baillister of the county of Troyes from 967 to 983. The house of Champagne included two branches: one from the house of Vermandois with Hugues ( +943); the other issue of the house of Blois with Thibaut le Tricheur who married the widow of Guillaume Longue Épée, Duke of Normandy, Leutgarde, daughter of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois. Eudes de Champagne, grandson of Thibaut le Tricheur united the whole county on the death of Etienne de Champagne in 1019. The count's coinage began under Thibaut I with a deformation of the Carolingian monogram, which reads VRBS.