v08_1089 - BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - THE CENTULLES Denier ou centulle ou morlan
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 105.19 €
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 105.19 €
Type : Denier ou centulle ou morlan
Date: c. 1088-1120
Mint name / Town : Morlaàs
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,28 g.
Coments on the condition:
Poids lourd et flan large. Exemplaire avec un très haut relief et remarquablement bien frappé pour un monnayage courant
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CENTVLLO COM.
Obverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 2 d'un besant.
Obverse translation : (Centulle, comte).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + ONOR FORCAS.
Reverse description : PAX dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (Château de la Hourquie).
Historical background
BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - THE CENTULLES
(11th-14th centuries)
It was Centulle III the Younger, Viscount (1012-1058), who received the sovereignty of the country from the Duke of Aquitaine Sancho the Great and usurped the right of coinage. In reality, the manufacture of coins did not begin before 1080 under Centulle IV (1058-1088) who took the name of count (for Bigorre and Oloron). Centulle V died in 1134. However, coinage continued for nearly two hundred years.
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