v39_0416 - LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - ALPHONSE JOURDAIN Obole

LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - ALPHONSE JOURDAIN Obole XF

MONNAIES 39 (2009)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 210.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 335.00 €

Type : Obole

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Toulouse

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15,5 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 0,51 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Cette obole est frappée sur un flan large laissant apparaître l’essentiel des grènetis extérieurs. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Petit défaut de coin sur le ME de COMES

Catalogue references :

Bd.719 (8 f.) - PA.3686 (80/18)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + ANFOS COMES, (S COUCHÉES, M ET E LIÉS).

Obverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 2 et 3 d’une crosse.

Obverse translation : (Alphonse, comte).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + TOLOSA CIVI.

Reverse description : PAX.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Toulouse).

Historical background

LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - ALPHONSE JOURDAIN

(1112-1148)

Alphonse Jourdain succeeded Bertrand as Count of Toulouse. He was also Count of Saint-Gilles. Alphonse Jourdain, who was the son of Raymond IV of Saint-Gilles, wanted to reconquer the county of Tripoli from Guillaume II (1137-1152) his nephew, grandson of Bertrand, half-brother of Alphonse, but he died in 1148 in Caesarea of Lebanon during the second Crusade (1147-1149). Raymond V succeeded him (1148-1194).

LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - ALPHONSE JOURDAIN Denier AU

110.00 €

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