bfe_328040 - BRITTANY - COUNTY OF PENTHIÈVRE - ANONYMOUS. Coinage minted in the name of Etienne I Denier

BRITTANY - COUNTY OF PENTHIÈVRE - ANONYMOUS. Coinage minted in the name of Etienne I Denier VF

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Price : 60.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 1100-1150

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Guingamp

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 0,73 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. La croix du droit apparaît légèrement en négatif au revers. Concrétions vertes

Catalogue references :

Bd.144 (4 f.) - PA.1430 (27/3)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + STEPHAN COM, (S COUCHÉE, M ONCIALE).

Obverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 2 d’une étoile.

Obverse translation : (Étienne, comte de).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + GVIN.GAMP.

Reverse description : Tête barbare et stylisée à droite ; une étoile devant la bouche.

Reverse translation : (Guigamp).

Historical background

BRITTANY - COUNTY OF PENTHIÈVRE - ANONYMOUS. Coinage minted in the name of Etienne I

(1093-1138)

Étienne became Count of Penthièvre in 1093, collecting the inheritance of his brother Geoffroy. He then acquired the county of Richemont after the death of his two other brothers, Alain le Noir and Alain le Roux. He takes possession of Guingamp after his marriage to Havoise. At the end of his reign, he had to face the revolt of his son Geoffroy II Boterel who recovered the county of Lamballe in 1125 and succeeded him, on his death, in 1138.

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