Live auction - bfe_492560 - AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF GUYENNE - BERNARD WILLIAM Denier

AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF GUYENNE - BERNARD WILLIAM Denier VF

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Estimate :	900 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	11 September 2018 16:46:23

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Bordeaux

Metal : silver

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 0,61 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. D’infimes trous traversant résultant d’une ancienne oxydation. De petites taches vertes, sinon exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise

Catalogue references :

Bd.457 (20 f.) - PA.2721 (pl. 58/22)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la vente Albuquerque de février 1987, n° 68

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GVIVEVMS.

Obverse description : Trois croisettes et un annelet.

Obverse translation : (Guillaume).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + BVRDLCMV.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Bordeaux).

Commentary

Ce rare denier est parfois donné à Sanche Guillaume, mais également à Bernard Guillaume (984-1010). Une datation aussi ancienne repose sur la reprise du motif du droit qui s’inspirerait du monogramme odonique. Il pourrait toutefois s’agir d’un type plus tardif.