v08_1093 - LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - ALPHONSE JOURDAIN Denier
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1127-1148
Mint name / Town : Toulouse
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 0,91 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine. Flan large
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ANFOS COMES, (S COUCHÉES, 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 déformé dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Toulouse).
Historical background
LANGUEDOC - COUNTY OF TOULOUSE - ALPHONSE JOURDAIN
(1112-1148)
Alphonse Jourdain succeeded Bertrand as Count of Toulouse. He was also Count of Saint-Gilles. Alphonse Jourdain, who was the son of Raymond IV of Saint-Gilles, wanted to reconquer the county of Tripoli from Guillaume II (1137-1152) his nephew, grandson of Bertrand, half-brother of Alphonse, but he died in 1148 in Caesarea of Lebanon during the second Crusade (1147-1149). Raymond V succeeded him (1148-1194).
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