v22_0009 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CONAN II Denier

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CONAN II Denier XF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 40.00 €
Estimate : 75.00 €
Realised price : 73.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 81.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Rennes

Metal : silver

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,09 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe et recouvert d’une patine grise. Le monogramme est bien venu à la frappe

Catalogue references :

Bd.20 2 à 3 f.) - PA.227 (9/6) - J.8

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CONANVS COM, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES, C RÉTROGRADE).

Obverse description : Monogramme dégénéré d’Herbert du Mans avec un S en bas du champ.

Obverse translation : (Conan, comte).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [+] REDONITIAS.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Rennes).

Historical background

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CONAN II

(1040/8-1066)

Conan II is the son of Alain III (1008-1040) who died of poisoning. Duke at three months, he was in fact a prisoner of his uncle Eudon de Penthièvre (1040-1060-1079). Conan was delivered by the Breton barons in 1048. Having come of age in 1057 and supported by Hoël, Count of Nantes and Cornwall, he attacked Eudon. He renounced the duchy in 1062 and kept only the county of Penthièvre until his death in 1079. Conan died in turn, poisoned, in 1066. His brother-in-law and ally, Hoël II, count of Nantes and Cornwall, succeeds him.

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