Live auction - bca_486495 - CHARLES THE SIMPLE, ROBERT AND RAOUL Denier au portrait

CHARLES THE SIMPLE, ROBERT AND RAOUL Denier au portrait AU

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Estimate :	3 200 €
Price :	2 200 €
Maximum bid :	2 200 €
End of the sale :	11 September 2018 15:33:01
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Denier au portrait

Date: c. 898-936

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Tours-Chinon

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,42 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier de poids lourd est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Le portrait est très bien venu à la frappe. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise

Catalogue references :

Bd.187 (50 f.) - PA.n° 1669 (pl. 31/22) - Fécamp.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : TVRON.

Obverse description : Tête à droite, diadémée, le buste cuirassé.

Obverse translation : (Tours).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + CAINONI CASTRO.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Château de Chinon).

Commentary

L’une des premières monnaies féodales tourangelles et chinonaises avec un portrait particulièrement bien venu à la frappe.
One of the first feudal coins from Tours and Chinon with a particularly well-minted portrait