v20_0283 - LOUIS III Denier

MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 170.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 575.00 €
Number of bids : 22
Maximum bid : 1 200.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 879-882

Mint name / Town : Tours

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 1,70 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan présentant une irrégularité à 3 heures au droit (manque de métal ?). On doit noter quelques faiblesses de frappe au niveau des légendes du revers. Cet exemplaire est recouvert d’une légère patine grise

Catalogue references :

G. (38/13) - Prou.453 - MG.1255 - MEC.1/967 - N.4B p. 219

Obverse

Obverse legend : + MISERICORDIA D-I REX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).

Obverse description : Monogramme de Louis (LVDOVICVS).

Obverse translation : (Louis miséricordieux par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + TVRONES CIVITAS, (O LOSANGÉ).

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Tours).

Historical background

LOUIS III

(879-882)

Louis III was declared sole heir to the kingdom by his father Louis II le Bègue, who, dying, sent him the crown, the scepter and the royal sword to Autun. This choice triggered many protests, so that the crown was offered to Louis of Saxony, King of Germany. The latter accepts it at first, refuses it before changing his mind. Louis III and his brother Carloman were quickly crowned by the Archbishop of Sens Ansegise. On October 15, 879, Boson had himself crowned king at Arles. Louis committed his troops alongside his brother to overthrow Boson. Burgundy submits and the city of Vienne is besieged. Louis III must go to Neustria to counter the Norman invasions. In 881, he won a victory at Saucourt-en-Vimeu, near Abeville. Louis III died in August 882 in Saint-Denis.