bfe_1001647 - LANGUEDOC - BISHOPRIC OF VIVIERS - ANONYMOUS Denier
150.00 €(Approx. 156.00$ | 124.50£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 1200
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Viviers
Metal : billon
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et assez large. Patine grise. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + EPISCOPVS.
Obverse description : Buste mitré à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Évêque).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + VI.VA.RII.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (de Viviers).
Historical background
LANGUEDOC - BISHOPRIC OF VIVIERS - ANONYMOUS
(1177-1306)
Viviers, on the right bank of the Rhône, was located below in Roman times on the site of Alba, then the town then took refuge on the rock. Viviers has been a bishopric since the 4th century. Attached to the Holy Empire, the bishops received the right to mint from the Emperor Conrad in 1147. The monetary lease was confirmed by Frederick I Barbarossa (1152-1190) in 1177, then by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (1197-1250) in 1214. The most dangerous neighbor for the bishops is the Count of Toulouse. After the Treaty of Paris in 1229, the bishops emancipated themselves from Languedoc supervision. The coinage with a bishop's name begins with Guillaume de Falguières (1294-1297) and ceases with Aimar de la Voulte (1326-1365) at the time of the Great Plague in 1348.
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