v16_0764 - LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - ANONYMOUS Denier

LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - ANONYMOUS Denier XF

MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 45.00 €
Estimate : 90.00 €
Realised price : 45.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c.1200-1250

Metal : billon

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 0,89 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan régulier. On doit noter une petite faiblesse de frappe à 9 heures au droit. Une patine grise recouvre les deux faces de cet exemplaire

Catalogue references :

Bd.396 (3 f.) - PA.2301

Obverse

Obverse legend : + LEMOVICENSIS.

Obverse description : Dans le champ, .S.M. (Sanctus Martialis) entre un oméga et un besant.

Obverse translation : (Saint Martial de Limoges).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + VICECOMES.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Vicomté).

Historical background

LIMOUSIN - VISCOUNTCY OF LIMOGES - ANONYMOUS

(12th-13th century)

Foucher is traditionally given as the first viscount of Limoges in 887. The coinage of the viscounts of Limoges imitated the barbarians of the Saint-Martial de Limoges abbey from the second half of the 12th century then changed radically when Marie, daughter of Guy VI , married Arthur of Brittany and entered the House of Brittany in 1276. The Viscount replaced the monogram with the checkered pattern of his arms: Dreux, Bretagne, Limoges.