bfe_680446 - ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS - ANONYMOUS Denier

ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS - ANONYMOUS Denier XF

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Type : Denier

Date: c. 1025

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Orléans

Metal : silver

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,16 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. De petites faiblesses dans les légendes. Patine hétérogène mais une monnaie agréable dans l’ensemble

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.76 (2/17) - L.96 (RR)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant du trésor de Neung-sur-Beuvron

Obverse

Obverse legend : D-I DEXTRA BES.

Obverse description : Porte de ville, cantonnée des lettres NE - D - IC - TA.

Obverse translation : (Béni à la droite de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + AVRELIANIS CIVITAS.

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 3 d’un alpha, au 4 d’un oméga.

Reverse translation : (Cité d’Orléans).

Historical background

ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS - ANONYMOUS

(From 1025 and first half of the 11th century)

Françoise Dumas thinks that the coinage of Orléans at the end of the 10th and at the beginning of the 11th century is more Episcopal than Viscount. Orleans was directly in the movement of the first Capetians: Hugues Capet (987-996) and Robert II the Pious (996-1031). Daniel Legros gives a list of the bishops of Orléans which includes five bishops between 987 and 1063: Arnoul II (987-1003), Fulk I (1003-1016), Thierry II (1016-1021), Odolric (1021-1033) and Isembard (1033-1063). Anonymous coinage ceases around 1060 when Orléans becomes a royal workshop of Philippe I (1060-1108) (Dy. 50-57).