fwo_826698 - CRUSADES - PRINCIPALITY OF ACHAEA - FLORENT DE HAINAUT Denier n.d.
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 1280
Date: n.d.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Les reliefs sont nets
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : +. FLORENS. P. ACH*.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Florent, prince d’Achaïe).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DE CLARENTIA (MM).
Reverse description : Châtel tournois sommé d'une croisette coupant la légende.
Historical background
CRUSADES - PRINCIPALITY OF ACHAEA - FLORENT DE HAINAUT
(1289-1297)
Charles I of Anjou then his son engaged in haggling in order to buy the title of Latin Emperor of the East (1277) while the Byzantines took over Constantinople in 1261. Florent married the daughter of Guillaume de Villehardouin in 1289 and becomes prince of Achaea. When Florent de Hainaut died in 1297, Charles II of Anjou controlled all the Frankish principalities.
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