v18_0950 - LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - PONS Coinage as a relative of Henry I of France Denier c. 987-996 Toulouse

LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - PONS Coinage as a relative of Henry I of France Denier c. 987-996 Toulouse AU/AU

MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 150.00 €
Realised price : 675.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 260.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 987-996

Mint name / Town : Toulouse

Metal : silver

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 1,27 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 très légère patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.47 - L.39 - Dy.29

Obverse

Obverse legend : AIANRIGO.

Obverse description : REX en triangle dans le champ.

Obverse translation : (Henri, roi).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PONCIO’ CONES, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES, N RÉTROGRADE).

Reverse description : Croix latine chrismée, cantonnée d’un besant aux 1 et 2.

Reverse translation : (Ponce, comte).

Commentary

Exemplaire sans croisette en début de légende du droit.

Historical background

LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - PONS Coinage as a relative of Henry I of France

(1037-1060)

Duplessy confirms the idea that Pons is indeed a relative of Henry I who was the second son of Robert II the Pious and Constance of Provence. He was associated with the throne after the death of his brother Hugh. Henry had to fight against his brother Robert, to whom he eventually subjugated Burgundy in 1032. Henry I died in 1060, leaving a minor son, Philip I, under the regency of Anne of Kiev. We do not know the link that united Henry I to Pons.