v22_0331 - LANGUEDOC - VISCOUNTCY OF ALBI - ANONYMOUS Denier ou raimondin anonyme

LANGUEDOC - VISCOUNTCY OF ALBI - ANONYMOUS Denier ou raimondin anonyme VF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 160.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Denier ou raimondin anonyme

Date: c. 1150-1200

Mint name / Town : Albi

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 0,90 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large mais présentant un manque de métal à 12 heures au revers. Flan taché au droit et exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise

Catalogue references :

Bd.774 (4 f.) - PA.3898 (87/4) - SCMF.4253

Obverse

Obverse legend : + I’AMVIVWD, (LÉGENDE DÉGÉNÉRÉE).

Obverse description : Croix fuselée.

Obverse translation : (Raimond).

Reverse

Reverse legend : AMOMECI, (LÉGENDE DÉGÉNÉRÉE).

Reverse description : Dans le champ V sommé d'une crosse entre deux I.

Reverse translation : (Albi).

Historical background

LANGUEDOC - VISCOUNTCY OF ALBI - ANONYMOUS

(12th century)

The reverse of some Albi deniers could evoke the bet that existed between the count and the bishop of Albi. Pons had taxed the receipts of the Mint when he married Majore de Carcassonne. The coinage is perhaps directly inspired by the denarius of Raymond Pons, Count of Toulouse in the 10th century. The coinage is impoverished after 1212 at the beginning of the crusade against the Albigenses. The papal legate had settled in Albi to fight against heresy. The city was attached to the kingdom in 1249.

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