bca_231068 - ODO Denier

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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 580.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 888-898

Mint name / Town : Angers

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,46 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan régulier et est légèrement décentré au droit comme au revers. Monnaie en argent cristallisé ayant un son mat. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine foncée. Petite faiblesse de frappe à 12 heures au droit

Catalogue references :

G.50 (48/50) - Prou.286 - MG.1279 - MEC.1/979 - N.44

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GRATIA D-I REX.

Obverse description : Monogramme d’Eudes (ODO) et une croisette.

Obverse translation : (Eudes, roi par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + ANDECAVIS CIVITAS.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (Cité d’Angers).

Historical background

ODO

(02/29/888-01/01/898)

Eudes (860-898) is the first Robertian king, son of Robert the Strong (+866), marquis of Neustria. Eudes, Count of Paris from 882, heroically defended the city against the Normans during the siege around 885-887. Elected and crowned in 888, he was crowned at Compiègne. From this coronation, a fight that will last ten years opposes him to Charles III the Simple, the posthumous son of Louis II the Stammerer. Charles was crowned in 893. Eudes chose Charles as his successor and died in 898. The struggle would last another century between Carolingians and Robertians before Hugues Capet, Duke of the Franks, became the first Capetian king..