v56_0252 - LANGUEDOC - BISHOPRIC OF VIVIERS - ANONYMOUS Denier

XF/VF

MONNAIES 56 (2012)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Denier

Date: c. 1200

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Viviers

Metal : billon

Diameter : 16 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 0,80 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et assez large présentant de petits éclatements. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.762 - PA.3864 (pl. 86, n° 12)

Obverse

Obverse legend : EPISCOPVS.

Obverse description : Buste mitré à gauche.

Obverse translation : (Évêque).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + VI.VA.RII.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (de Viviers).

Historical background

LANGUEDOC - BISHOPRIC OF VIVIERS - ANONYMOUS

(1177-1306)

Viviers, on the right bank of the Rhône, was located below in Roman times on the site of Alba, then the town then took refuge on the rock. Viviers has been a bishopric since the 4th century. Attached to the Holy Empire, the bishops received the right to mint from the Emperor Conrad in 1147. The monetary lease was confirmed by Frederick I Barbarossa (1152-1190) in 1177, then by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (1197-1250) in 1214. The most dangerous neighbor for the bishops is the Count of Toulouse. After the Treaty of Paris in 1229, the bishops emancipated themselves from Languedoc supervision. The coinage with a bishop's name begins with Guillaume de Falguières (1294-1297) and ceases with Aimar de la Voulte (1326-1365) at the time of the Great Plague in 1348.

LANGUEDOC - BISHOPRIC OF VIVIERS - ANONYMOUS Petit denier ou obole AU/XF

130.00 €

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