Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 50.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 50.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c.1150-1200
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Tours
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier présentant des faiblesses de frappe. Patine sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SCS MARTINVS.
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
5000 Francs EMPIRE FRANÇAIS FRANCE 1947 F.47.58 XF
150.00 €
100 Francs CORNEILLE FRANCE 1971 F.65.37 XF
32.00 €
100 Nouveaux Francs BONAPARTE FRANCE 1959 F.59.01 XF
115.00 €
TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS Denier VF
50.00 €
SECOND REPUBLIC Médaille, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte AU
30.00 €
III REPUBLIC Plaquette, Marcelin Berthelot XF
40.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
