bfe_656725 - BERRY - LORDSHIP OF SAINT-AIGNAN Denier anonyme, type bléso-chartain
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Type : Denier anonyme, type bléso-chartain
Date: c. 1030
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Saint-Aignan
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,01 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant une usure régulière de circulation et de nettoyage
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Prototype de la tête bléso-chartraine. Tête de profil, à droite, dégénérée ; devant la face, une croisette et un groupe de quatre besants, au-dessus, sept petits triangles formant les cheveux.
Reverse
Reverse legend : + SANCTI AINAINO, (S RÉTROGRADE).
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre besants et pointée en cœur.
Reverse translation : (Saint-Aignan).
Historical background
BERRY - LORDSHIP OF SAINT-AIGNAN
(11th century)
Saint-Aignan, which had belonged to the house of Blois in the person of Thibaut le Tricheur, seems to have freed itself from Blois-Chartraine supervision in the first years of the 11th century. The donation of the seigneury of Saint-Aignan would have been made by the counts of Chartres and Blois, Thibaut I (995-1004) or Eudes II (1004-1037). Geoffroy de Donzy (c.1000-1037) was first lord of Gien and Donzy before owning Saint-Aignan. For this reason, we think that the concession of Saint-Aignan will only be made under Eudes II, perhaps after 1019, at a date when Eudes, very powerful, became count of Champagne..
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