bfe_353362 - LANGUEDOC - BISHOPRIC OF CAHORS - WILLIAM OF CARDAILLAC Obole
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Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 1249-1265
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Cahors
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 220 ‰
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 0,40 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan irrégulier. Les reliefs sont nets. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + .EPISCOPVS..
Obverse description : Une crosse entre trois croisettes posées 2 et 1.
Obverse translation : (Évêque).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + CATVRCENSIS.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 1 de trois besants disposés en triangle.
Reverse translation : (Cahors).
Historical background
LANGUEDOC - BISHOPRIC OF CAHORS - WILLIAM OF CARDAILLAC
(1208-1234)
From 1224, the bishopric and the city seem to have shared the rights to the Mint, although the bishopric was the sole holder of the right to manufacture, which is recalled in several acts including that of 1267. In February 1249, the consuls obtained from Bishop Géraud IV de Barsac (1237-1250) the stabilization of the coin of Cahors. The coin of Cahors is cited in the penultimate position in the ordinance of 1315 where it took 20 caorcins to make 12 deniers tourneys. It remained coin of account until the 15th century.
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