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v28_1370 - HUY - OTTO III, KING OF GERMANIA Denier c. 1027-1039 Huy

HUY - OTTO III, KING OF GERMANIA Denier c. 1027-1039 Huy VF
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 900.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1027-1039
Mint name / Town : Huy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,17 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est décentré au droit comme au revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Elsen du 18 juin 2005, n° 1337

Obverse


Obverse legend : [O]TTO GRA[...].
Obverse description : Tête à droite du roi Otton III.
Obverse translation : (Otton, empereur par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse


Reverse legend : [SC]S LAM-BE[RTVS].
Reverse description : [H]OIAV dans le champ coupant la légende.
Reverse translation : (Saint-Lambert ; Huy).

Historical background


HUY - OTTO III, KING OF GERMANIA

(983-05/21/996)

Son of Otto II and Theophano, he was a minor at the time of his father's death. Otto III was crowned King of Germania in 983, not without arousing much opposition from Henry the Quarrelsome. He was crowned emperor on May 21, 996 by Brunon, cousin and chaplain of Pope John XV, and future Gregory V..

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