bfe_571720 - LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - ALPHONSE OF POITIERS Obole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Toulouse
Metal : billon
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,42 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan large, légèrement irrégulier et voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Croix en négatif au revers
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Predigree :
Exemplaire acheté en mars 1994 et resté en collection depuis cette date
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ANFOS COMES (M ET E LIÉS).
Obverse description : Croix cantonnée au 2 d’un lis.
Obverse translation : (Alphonse, comte).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + TOLOSA CIVI.
Reverse description : PAX dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Toulouse).
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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