v22_0992 - PICARDY - COUNTY OF AMIENS - CITY OF AMIENS Denier

PICARDY - COUNTY OF AMIENS - CITY OF AMIENS Denier XF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 45.00 €
Estimate : 80.00 €
Realised price : 58.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 61.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Amiens

Metal : silver

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,00 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine de médaillier mordorée. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.1914 (3 f.) - PA.6402 var. (149/6 var.) - C.603 (25/2)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CIVIBVS TVIS.

Obverse description : PAX dans le champ.

Obverse translation : (Paix...).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + AMBIANIS, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 1 HEURE).

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 2 d’un croissant.

Reverse translation : (Amiens).

Historical background

PICARDY - COUNTY OF AMIENS - CITY OF AMIENS

(12th-13th centuries)

Amiens was part of the workshops of Charles II the Bald after the Edict of Pistres. At the beginning of the 11th century, the style of these coins is degenerated and cannot be identified. Coinage became abundant under Philippe d'Alsace, Count of Flanders (after 1161). A. Dieudonné (MNF. op. cit. p.327) recalls that Amiens was ceded to Philippe Auguste by the treaty of March 10, 1186. He opposes the idea that the coin of Amiens was communal and rejects therefore an attribution for the 13th century.

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