v42_0507 - LANGUEDOC - CAHORS - GÉRAUD IV DE BARSAC AND BARTHÉLEMY LE ROUX Denier anonyme, caorcenx ou cadurcin

LANGUEDOC - CAHORS - GÉRAUD IV DE BARSAC AND BARTHÉLEMY LE ROUX Denier anonyme, caorcenx ou cadurcin XF

MONNAIES 42 (2010)
Starting price : 60.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 60.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 72.00 €

Type : Denier anonyme, caorcenx ou cadurcin

Date: c. 1249-1265

Mint name / Town : Cahors

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 220 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 0,93 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Faiblesse de frappe dans le deuxième canton de la croix du revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier

Catalogue references :

Bd.777 (1 f.) - PA.3907 (87/10) - SCMF.4662 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : + :EPISCOPVS., (S COUCHÉES).

Obverse description : Une crosse entre trois croisettes posées 2 et 1.

Obverse translation : (Évêque).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + CATVRCENSIS.

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 1 d'un groupe de trois besants.

Reverse translation : (Cahors).

Historical background

LANGUEDOC - CAHORS - GÉRAUD IV DE BARSAC AND BARTHÉLEMY LE ROUX

(1237-1250-1280)

From 1224, the bishopric and the city seem to have shared the rights to the Mint, although the bishopric was the sole holder of the right to manufacture, which is recalled in several acts including that of 1267. In February 1249, the consuls obtained from Bishop Géraud IV de Barsac (1237-1250) the stabilization of the coin of Cahors. In June 1281, a decree of the Parliament of Cahors put an end to the production of the civic coinage of the consuls. The bishops still sign their coins with Raymond de Cornil (1280-1293) and Hugues Géraud (1311-1316). The coin of Cahors is cited in the penultimate position in the ordinance of 1315 where it took 20 caorcins to make 12 deniers tourneys. It remained coin of account until the 15th century.