Live auction - bfe_781436 - CHÂTEAUDUN - VISCOUNTCY OF CHÂTEAUDUN - EUDES II Denier

CHÂTEAUDUN - VISCOUNTCY OF CHÂTEAUDUN - EUDES II Denier AU

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Estimate :	1 000 €
Price :	450 €
Maximum bid :	450 €
End of the sale :	07 March 2023 16:49:55
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Denier

Date: c. 970

Mint name / Town : Châteaudun

Metal : silver

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 1,30 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine foncée et portant de petites taches vertes. La croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.- - L.1014 (R5)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection Dewitt (vente Künker) et de la collection Stéphane Werochowsky

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête bléso-chartraine à droite entre deux croix, l'œil formé par un oméga ; au-dessous à gauche, une S couchée.

Reverse

Reverse legend : + DVNIS CASTLLI.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Châteaudun).

Commentary

Un tel denier avec l’œil en forme d’oméga et entre deux croix est particulièrement rare. Dominique Legros lui assigne à juste titre un indice de rareté R5. De tels deniers étaient présents dans le trésor de Saumur enfoui vers 1028-1030.

Historical background

CHÂTEAUDUN - VISCOUNTCY OF CHÂTEAUDUN - EUDES II

(996-1037)

Geoffroy II was viscount of Châteaudun (1004-1039), but the viscount is in fact dominated by the counts of the house of Blois and its most illustrious representative, Eudes II, the grandson of Thibaut le Tricheur who was count of Blois, of Chartres, of Champagne and happened to be at the beginning of the 11th century the most powerful lord north of the Loire; vassal more powerful than his suzerain, the king of France, Robert II the Pious.