v42_0506 - LANGUEDOC - VISCOUNTCY OF ALBI - RAYMOND VII AND BISHOP DURAND OR BERNARD DE CASTENET Denier

LANGUEDOC - VISCOUNTCY OF ALBI - RAYMOND VII AND BISHOP DURAND OR BERNARD DE CASTENET Denier XF

MONNAIES 42 (2010)
Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 160.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 127.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 1248-1278

Mint name / Town : Château Neuf de Lévis (Bonafos)

Metal : billon

Diameter : 16,5 mm

Orientation dies : 8 h.

Weight : 0,85 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine grise. La croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.775 (3 f.) - PA.3901 (87/6)

Obverse

Obverse legend : +: R. BONAFOS, (S COUCHÉE, LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).

Obverse description : Monogramme VGO dégénéré en forme de PAX dans le champ.

Obverse translation : (Raymond, Bonafos).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + ALBIENSIS.

Reverse description : Croix fuselée, cantonnée au 3 d’une crosse.

Reverse translation : (d’Albi).

Historical background

LANGUEDOC - VISCOUNTCY OF ALBI - RAYMOND VII AND BISHOP DURAND OR BERNARD DE CASTENET

(1248-1280)

The first coinage of Albi is perhaps directly inspired by the denarii 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.