bca_759279 - LOTHAIR Denier
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 580.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 580.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 960-980
Mint name / Town : Bourges
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Denier frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. La croix apparaît en négatif au revers. Patine claire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + LOTERIVS REX.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Lothaire, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BITVRICES CIVITAS.
Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle avec un fronton triangulaire sommé d'une croisette coupant la légende en haut, portant en cœur une croisette posée sur deux degrés.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Bourges).
Commentary
Ce type reprend celui à la légende XPISTIANA RELIGIO introduit dans le monnayage carolingien par Charlemagne et largement diffusé sous Louis le Pieux. Ce type a été immobilisé à Bourges.
This type is based on the one with the legend XPISTIANA RELIGIO introduced into Carolingian coinage by Charlemagne and widely distributed under Louis the Pious. This type was immobilized in Bourges
This type is based on the one with the legend XPISTIANA RELIGIO introduced into Carolingian coinage by Charlemagne and widely distributed under Louis the Pious. This type was immobilized in Bourges
Historical background
LOTHAIR
(09/12/954-03/02/986)
From 954, Lothaire ceded Aquitaine to Hugh the Great and tried to fight against the rise of feudalism. He ends up falling out with Hugh Capet (duke 956-987, king 987-996), son of Hugh the Great, because he is more powerful than his suzerain. At the beginning of the reign of Louis IV (936-954), a new monetary reform would have changed the size of the denarii to 360 coins per pound of 18 ounces.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
