bfe_319665 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CONAN III Denier

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CONAN III Denier XF

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Price : 140.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Rennes

Metal : silver

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 1,05 g.

Coments on the condition:

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

Catalogue references :

Bd.23 (2 à 3 f.) - PA.266-268 var. (9/16) - NP.10/55 - J.24

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CONANVS, (S COUCHÉE).

Obverse description : I, V et S dans le champ.

Obverse translation : (Conan).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + REDONIS, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 11 HEURES).

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Rennes).

Historical background

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CONAN III

(1112-1148)

Son of Alain IV, and Ermengarde, Conan III was associated with power from 1112, and probably reigned alone from 1115. Conan III dismissed his son Hoël from power by appointing his grandson, the future Conan IV - to succeed him. On the death of Conan III, in 1148, the duchy was placed under the regency of his son-in-law, Eudes de Porhoët and father of Conan IV.

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