bfe_304853 - ANJOU - COUNTY OF ANJOU - GEOFFREY II CALLED "THE HAMMER" Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 220.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 220.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1040-1060
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Angers
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 1,08 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan très large. Bel exemplaire aux reliefs nets
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + GOSFRIDVS COIS.
Obverse description : Croix à laquelle sont appendus au 3 un alpha, au 4 un oméga.
Obverse translation : (Geoffroy, comte).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + VRBS AIDEOAV.
Reverse description : Monogramme de Foulques.
Reverse translation : (Ville d’Angers).
Historical background
ANJOU - COUNTY OF ANJOU - GEOFFREY II CALLED "THE HAMMER"
(1040-1060)
Geoffroy II Martel and the son of Foulques III Nerra (987-1040), the founder of the Angevin power. In 1060, on the death of Geoffroy II Martel, his son Geoffroy III the Bearded succeeded him..
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