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Type : Denier
Date: c. 926-950
Mint name / Town : Toulouse
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,25 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Denier frappé sur un flan assez large, légèrement voilé, présentant un éclatement de flan traversant à 7 heures au droit. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise ayant été très légèrement nettoyé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CARLVS RE.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + TOLOSA CIVI.
Reverse description : VGO.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Toulouse ; Hugues).
Commentary
Ce rare type monétaire portant le nom d’Hugues est par tradition classé à l’évêque Hugues (926-950). Il s’agirait de l’une des premières monnaies féodales françaises. Poey d’Avant signale (pl.80, n° 7) des deniers avec les prénoms de l’évêque Hugues et de Guillaume Taillefer (950-972). D’après Blanchet (MNF, p. 234-235), VGO pourrait également être le nom d’Hugues Capet, ce que nous rejetons. Ces deniers sont classés par Benabiba et Diazà Charles III le Simple.
This rare coin type bearing the name of Hugues is traditionally classified to Bishop Hugues (926-950). It would be one of the first French feudal coins. Poey d'Avant reports (pl.80, no. 7) deniers with the first names of Bishop Hugues and Guillaume Taillefer (950-972). According to Blanchet (MNF, p. 234-235), VGO could also be the name of Hugues Capet, which we reject. These deniers are classified by Benabiba and Diazà Charles III the Simple
This rare coin type bearing the name of Hugues is traditionally classified to Bishop Hugues (926-950). It would be one of the first French feudal coins. Poey d'Avant reports (pl.80, no. 7) deniers with the first names of Bishop Hugues and Guillaume Taillefer (950-972). According to Blanchet (MNF, p. 234-235), VGO could also be the name of Hugues Capet, which we reject. These deniers are classified by Benabiba and Diazà Charles III the Simple
Historical background
CHARLES III THE SIMPLE
(898-923)
Charles III dit le Simple, posthumous son of Louis le Bègue, was born on November 17, 879. After the death of his older brothers, Louis III and Carloman, he was forgotten in the succession. In 888, after the deposition of Charles the Fat, he opposed the Robertian king Eudes and was crowned king in Reims on January 28, 893 by Archbishop Foulques. Eudes, shortly before his death (January 898), gave him his powers. His campaigns in Lorraine were disastrous and after being dethroned in 922, he became the captive of Herbert de Vermandois. On December 7, 929, he died in captivity at Péronne. His death marks the end of the Carolingian dynasty.
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