bfe_712774 - CHAMPAGNE - COUNTY OF TROYES - THIBAUT / THEOBALD II Denier
150.00 €(Approx. 162.00$ | 124.50£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 1130-1150
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Troyes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et large. Légères concrétions vertes. Patine sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (CROIX LOSANGÉE) PETVS EPICOPVS.
Obverse description : Monogramme .
Obverse translation : (Pierre, évêque).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (CROIX LOSANGÉE) TRECAS CIVITAS.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 4 d’une croisette.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Troyes).
Historical background
CHAMPAGNE - COUNTY OF TROYES - THIBAUT / THEOBALD II
(1125-1152)
Thibaud II the Great (1093-1152) is one of the greatest counts of Champagne. He was Count of Blois and Chartres (1102-1152), Count of Meaux and Blois (1125-1152) and the main adversary of Louis VI le Gros before joining forces with him to fight Henri V. His brother Étienne de Blois was king of England (1135). He was the initiator with Hugues de Payns of the Order of the Temple in 1119.
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