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bca_680414 - ODO Denier

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Price : 400.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 888-898

Mint name / Town : Orléans

Metal : silver

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,68 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et légèrement irrégulier. De petites faiblesses sont à noter. Belle patine grise

Catalogue references :

G.- (47/32) - Prou.- - MG.1324 var. - MEC.1/- - N.28 var. p. 241

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CRATIA D-I.

Obverse description : Monogramme d’Eudes (ODO) et REX.

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : + AVRELIANIS CIVITAS.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Cité d’Orléans).

Commentary

Légende courte au droit avec GRATIA D-I au lieu de GRATIA D-I REX.
Short legend on the right with GRATIA DI instead of GRATIA DI REX

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..

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