Live auction - bfe_834945 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - ANONYMOUS Denier
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 60 € |
| Maximum bid : | 60 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 October 2023 17:22:15 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1186-1206
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Rennes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,76 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan très large et légèrement irrégulier. Patine grise de médaillier avec de petites taches
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Libaud
Obverse
Obverse legend : + DVX BRITANIE.
Obverse description : Croix ancrée.
Obverse translation : (Duc des Bretons).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + REDONIS CIV.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Rennes).
Commentary
Ce type de denier anonyme avec seulement le titre de duc a été frappé pendant près de vingt ans à Rennes ou à Nantes sans que l'on puisse les attribuer à un personnage en particulier. Les propositions retenues sont pour Constance (1186-1202), Arthur (1202) et Guy de Thouars (1202-1213).
Historical background
BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - ANONYMOUS
(1186-1206)
Geoffroy, eldest son of Henry II Plantagenet, married Constance, daughter of Conan IV (1156-1169). Geoffroy is invested with Brittany in 1181. He revolts against his father and seeks the support of Philippe II but dies in 1186. Henri II is regent in Brittany until 1189. Constance becomes regent for his son Arthur. The death of Richard Coeur de Lion in 1199 reignites the war. Arthur was assassinated in 1203 at the instigation of his uncle, Jean-sans-Terre. Philippe takes advantage of this event to place the continental provinces of the Angevins under sequestration. In 1203, Guy de Thouars, who married Constance for the third time, was baillister for Alix, Constance's daughter. In 1206, Philippe Auguste dismissed the regent and married the young Alix to Pierre de Dreux dit Mauclerc, great-grandson of Louis VI. He was invested with the duchy in 1213.
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