bfe_462421 - LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - ALPHONSE OF POITIERS Denier
450.00 €(Approx. 468.00$ | 373.50£)
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Type : Denier
Date: (1267-1271)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Montreuil-Bonnin
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,72 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et légèrement voilé. La croix du droit apparaît en négatif au revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ALFONSVS COMES, (M ET E LIÉS).
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Alphonse, comte).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + PICTAVIE: ET: THOL’.
Reverse description : Demi-lis et demi-château.
Reverse translation : (de Poitiers et de Toulouse).
Commentary
Monnaie particulièrement rare manquant à de nombreuses collections.
Historical background
LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - ALPHONSE OF POITIERS
(1249-1271)
Alphonse (1220-1271), second brother of Saint-Louis was also count of Poitou, Auvergne and Toulouse by his marriage to Jeanne, the daughter of Raymond VII. He succeeded the latter in 1249 and introduced the chatel tournaments to Montreuil Bonin from 1251. He perhaps wanted to recall his rights at a time when Saint Louis was a prisoner in the Holy Land by recalling that he was "Alphonse, count, King's son". The cross surmounting the Tournament Châtel has been variously described. We think it is the cross of Languedoc.
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