v11_0675 - LA MARCHE - COUNTY OF LA MARCHE - HUGH X Obole
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Montreuil-Bonnin ou Bellac ?
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan irrégulier présentant des éclatements en périphérie. La croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + VGO COMES MAR, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
Obverse description : ChE entre deux croissants.
Obverse translation : (Hugues, comte de la Marche).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + LODOICVS ENGOL.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Louis d’Angoulême).
Historical background
LA MARCHE - COUNTY OF LA MARCHE - HUGH X
(1208-1249)
The history of Marche County is complex. The county of Basse Marche had been under English domination since 1177. In 1203, at the request of Philippe Auguste, Eleanor of Aquitaine restored the county to Hugues IX (1199-1204-1208). His son Hugues X de Lusignan succeeded him in 1208. He married in 1220, the widow of King Jean-sans-Terre (+1216), Isabelle d'Angoulême. He thus became Count of Angoulême. His son, Hugues XI le Brun, inherited the county of Angoulême on his mother's death in 1246 and the county of La Marche in 1249. He was thus the half-brother of King Henry III Plantagenêt..
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