Live auction - bfe_492678 - CHAMPAGNE - REIMS - EUDES Denier

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Estimate :	2 000 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	11 September 2018 16:57:54

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Reims

Metal : silver

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 1,28 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier présentant un petit manque de métal. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise présentant des faiblesses de frappe

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : + [...].

Obverse description : Tête barbue de face.

Reverse

Reverse legend : + D[...].

Reverse description : Croix.

Commentary

Pour les rares deniers au nom d’Eudes, il existe deux grandes variétés, la première avec une croix non cantonnée, comme sur cet exemplaire, et la seconde avec une croix cantonnée de quatre besants. La série à la croix non cantonnée semble être plus ancienne.

Historical background

CHAMPAGNE - REIMS - EUDES

(1031-1035)

In 1019, Eudes, Counts of Blois, Chartres and Tours claimed the lands of Etienne, Count of Champagne and Brie, one of his distant relatives who died without an heir. However, he opposed the King of France Robert II, known as "the Pious", and only took possession of Reims after Robert's death in 1031. Eudes died in front of Bar, at the age of fifty-five, during a battle waged against the Lorrains.