E-auction 69-33418 - bfe_267537 - CHAMPAGNE - MEAUX AND TROYES - ANONYMOUS Denier
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| Estimate : | 130 € |
| Price : | 23 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 August 2014 16:23:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: c. 990-1030
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Troyes - Meaux
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Une patine grise, légèrement hétérogène au revers, le recouvre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + MEIPIS CIVITAS, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES).
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin dégénéré.
Obverse translation : (Cité de Meaux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + TRECASI CIVI, (S RÉTROGRADE).
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Troyes).
Historical background
CHAMPAGNE - MEAUX AND TROYES - ANONYMOUS
(10th - 11th centuries)
This denier may have been struck under the domination of the house of Blois. Eudes II (1019-1037), grandson of Thibaut le Tricheur and who succeeded Etienne I of Vermandois (993-1019), already owned a large part of Champagne and was also count of Blois and Chartres. His family was one of the most powerful of Frankish feudalism, often in open struggle against the nascent Capetian power..
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