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bfe_598285 - TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS Obole

TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS Obole VF
250.00 €(Approx. 267.50$ | 215.00£)
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 1050-1100
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Tours
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large et irrégulier présentant un petit manque de métal à 4 heures au droit. Usure homogène
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : + SCS MARTINAS.
Obverse description : Châtel tournois sommé d’une croix coupant la légende à 12 heures ; les deux bras latéraux de la croix du revers sont terminés par un besant.
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

(11th 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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