v37_0851 - LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - PONS II OR PONS WILLIAM Denier

LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - PONS II OR PONS WILLIAM Denier XF/AU

MONNAIES 37 (2009)
Starting price : 600.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 927.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 1 000.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Toulouse

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 1,38 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large laissant apparaître l’essentiel des grènetis extérieurs. Les reliefs sont nets sur les deux faces qui sont recouvertes d’une légère patine grise

Catalogue references :

Bd.708 (30 f.) - PA.3665 (pl. 80/1)

Obverse

Obverse legend : PONCIO COMES.

Obverse description : Croix.

Obverse translation : (Pons, comte).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + VRBS TOLOSA.

Reverse description : +, A et O dans le champ.

Reverse translation : (Ville de Toulouse).

Historical background

LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - PONS II OR PONS WILLIAM

(1037-1063)

Pons II is the son of Guillaume III, Count of Toulouse and the Countess of Provence, Emma. In 1037, on the death of his father, he became Count of Toulouse. He died in 1063 and was buried in the Saint-Sernin church in Toulouse. He is also under the name of Pons Guillaume.