bfe_380911 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - CHARLES I OF ANJOU Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 160.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 160.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: n.d.
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et assez régulier. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + K DI GRA REX CICL'E.
Obverse description : Tête couronnée de Charles Ier à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Charles, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Sicile).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + COMES PROVINCIE.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Comte de Provence).
Historical background
PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - CHARLES I OF ANJOU
(1246-1285)
Charles (1226-1285) is the last son of Louis VIII and Blanche de Castille. He married Béatrice in 1246, the daughter of Raymond Béranger V of Provence. He is count of Anjou, Maine and Provence (1246-1285), king of Sicily and Naples (1266-1285), titular king of Jerusalem (1277-1285). He lost Sicily in 1282 after the Sicilian Vespers which saw the house of Aragon impose itself on the island after the massacre of the French.
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