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v09_0911 - CHAMPAGNE - COUNTY OF TROYES - THIBAUT / THEOBALD II Denier

CHAMPAGNE - COUNTY OF TROYES - THIBAUT / THEOBALD II Denier VF
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 83.85 €
Estimate : 129.58 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1130-1150
Mint name / Town : Troyes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 1,04 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette monnaie est frappée sur un flan large mais irrégulier. Elle présente une légère patine grise. La frappe est un peu faible au niveau des légendes

Obverse


Obverse legend : + PE[TV]S EPI[S]COPVS, (CROISETTE CRUCIFORME INITIALE).
Obverse description : Monogramme VRBS.
Obverse translation : (Pierre, évêque).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + TRECAS CIVITAS, (CROISETTE CRUCIFORME INITIALE).
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 4 d'une croisette.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Troyes).

Historical background


CHAMPAGNE - COUNTY OF TROYES - THIBAUT / THEOBALD II

(1125-1152)

Thibaud II the Great (1093-1152) is one of the greatest counts of Champagne. He was Count of Blois and Chartres (1102-1152), Count of Meaux and Blois (1125-1152) and the main adversary of Louis VI le Gros before joining forces with him to fight Henri V. His brother Étienne de Blois was king of England (1135). He was the initiator with Hugues de Payns of the Order of the Temple in 1119.

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