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bfe_326931 - TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS Denier

TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS Denier VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c.1150-1200
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Tours
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. La croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise et présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : SCS M°ARTINVS.
Obverse description : Châtel tournois sommé d’une croix coupant la légende à 12 heures.
Obverse translation : (Saint-Martin).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + TVRONVS CIVI.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Tours).

Historical background


TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS

(12th century)

The abbey of Saint-Martin was founded around 590. Feudal coinage began there at the end of the 10th century with the head of Saint-Martin as the monetary type. The count of Maine and Anjou, Henri Plantagenêt, seems to have been a lay abbot of Saint-Martin. Taking the pretext of the assassination of Arthur of Brittany in 1203, Philippe Auguste proclaimed in 1204 the clerk of all the possessions of Jean-sans-Terre, the assassin of the young Arthur, including Saint-Martin de Tours.

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