bfe_254090 - TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 90.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 90.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c.1150-1200
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Tours
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 1,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier et légèrement voilé. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise présentant quelques petites faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SCS MARTINVS, (M, A ET N BOULETÉS, A POINTÉ).
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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