v60_0070 - ITALY - BENEVENTO - ENGELBERGE Denier

ITALY - BENEVENTO - ENGELBERGE Denier AU

MONNAIES 60 (2013)
Starting price : 1 100.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Denier

Date: c. 867-870

Mint name / Town : Bénévent

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 1,03 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine grise offrant quelques reflets bleutés. Des stries de polissage des coins sont encore visibles dans les champs

Catalogue references :

G.n° 18 pl. 61, n° 18 - Prou.- - MG.1178

Obverse

Obverse legend : + LVDOVVICVS IMP.

Obverse description : Croix potencée reposant sur un socle à trois degrés.

Obverse translation : (Louis, empereur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + ANGILBERGA NP.

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre triangles.

Reverse translation : (Engelberge).

Historical background

ITALY - BENEVENTO - ENGELBERGE

(867-870)

She married in 851 or 852 Louis II the Younger, just invested with imperial dignity by his father Lothair I. When his father died in 850, he became king of Italy. Exceptionally, her name is associated with that of her husband on certain monetary series from Benevento..