Live auction - bca_960244 - ITALY - BENEVENTO - ENGELBERGE Denier
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Live starting : Type : Denier
Date: c. 867-870
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Bénévent
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,03 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et légèrement irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une jolie patine grise offrant quelques reflets bleutés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + LVDOVVICVS IMP.
Obverse description : Croix potencée reposant sur un socle à trois degrés.
Obverse translation : (Louis, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + ANGILBERGA NP.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre triangles.
Reverse translation : (Engelberge).
Commentary
Ces deniers d’Angelberge sont rares. Georges Depeyrot (n° 141M) n’en a recensé que huit exemplaires.
Historical background
ITALY - BENEVENTO - ENGELBERGE
(867-870)
She married in 851 or 852 Louis II the Younger, just invested with imperial dignity by his father Lothair I. When his father died in 850, he became king of Italy. Exceptionally, her name is associated with that of her husband on certain monetary series from Benevento..
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