Live auction - bfe_486505 - TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS Denier

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

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Estimate :	2 500 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	11 September 2018 16:45:53

Type : Denier

Date: c. 1000-1050

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Tours

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 1,19 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise présentant quelques petites faiblesses de frappe

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.1621 (pl. 31, n° 2) - L.782 (R5)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CAPVT SCI MARTINI.

Obverse description : Tête de Saint-Martin à droite.

Obverse translation : (Chef de Saint-Martin).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + TVRONIS CIVITAS.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Tours).

Commentary

Monnaie de la plus grande rareté classée en R5 dans l’ouvrage de Dominique Legros. Le style de la tête est différent de celui publié dans l’ouvrage de Legros situant la frappe de ces deniers à la première moitié du XIe siècle.
Coin of the greatest rarity classified as R5 in the work of Dominique Legros. The style of the head is different from that published in the work of Legros placing the minting of these denarii in the first half of the 11th century