Live auction - bfe_620637 - ROMORANTIN - COUNTY OF ROMORANTIN - THIBAUT VI Denier

ROMORANTIN - COUNTY OF ROMORANTIN - THIBAUT VI Denier VF

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Estimate :	380 €
Price :	330 €
Maximum bid :	330 €
End of the sale :	08 December 2020 17:47:50
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: c.1205-1210

Mint name / Town : Romorantin

Metal : billon

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 4 h.

Weight : 0,96 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise sur lequel quelques motifs apparaissent sur la face opposée

Catalogue references :

Bd.262 (8 f.) (à Thibaut V) - PA.1895 (39/21) (à Thibaut V) - L.1197 (R3) - SCMF.5108

Predigree :

Monnaie provenant de la vente Crédit de la Bourse du 12 juin 1997, n°686

Obverse

Obverse legend : + T CO REMOR'.

Obverse description : Croix.

Obverse translation : (Thibaut, comte de Romorantin).

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, de type blésois, l'œil formé d'un lis ; devant une croisette encadrée de deux groupes de deux points ; derrière les restes d'un lemnisque en forme de V bouleté contenant un fuseau ; au-dessous trois barres encadrées de deux croissants en guise de menton.

Commentary

Pour les monnaies à la tête d'inspiration bléso-chartraine, les monnaies de Romorantin sont parmi les plus rares.

Historical background

ROMORANTIN - COUNTY OF ROMORANTIN - THIBAUT VI

(1205-1218)

The county of Romorantin already belonged to Blésois at the beginning of the 13th century, since the lord of Saint-Aignan, who held Romorantin, depended on Louis de Blois (Legros, p. 417). Coinage seems to have started around 1120-1125 with anonymous coins inspired by Chartres; around 1205, or shortly after, the coins take on a T, the initial of Thibaut who was the only Count of Romorantin to sign his coinage.