bca_894420 - ODO Obole

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Type : Obole

Date: c. 888-898

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Angers

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15,5 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 0,45 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier avec de petits manques de métal en périphérie. Patine grise et petite fente non traversante au revers

Catalogue references :

G.n° 6-7 (46/6-7) - Prou.435 - MG.1292

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GRATIA D-I REX.

Obverse description : Monogramme d’Eudes (OO) et trois croisettes.

Obverse translation : (Eudes, roi par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + ANDECAVIS CI[VITA]S.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Cité d’Angers).

Commentary

Obole avec le monogramme d’Eudes au droit composé de deux O et de trois croix au lieu du traditionnel +ODO.

Historical background

ODO

(02/29/888-01/01/898)

Eudes (860-898) is the first Robertian king, son of Robert the Strong (+866), marquis of Neustria. Eudes, Count of Paris from 882, heroically defended the city against the Normans during the siege around 885-887. Elected and crowned in 888, he was crowned at Compiègne. From this coronation, a fight that will last ten years opposes him to Charles III the Simple, the posthumous son of Louis II the Stammerer. Charles was crowned in 893. Eudes chose Charles as his successor and died in 898. The struggle would last another century between Carolingians and Robertians before Hugues Capet, Duke of the Franks, became the first Capetian king..

bca_894420 - ODO Obole

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Historical background

ODO

(02/29/888-01/01/898)

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