v42_0502 - LANGUEDOC - BISHOPRIC OF VIVIERS - ANONYMOUS Petit denier
MONNAIES 42 (2010)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Petit denier
Date: n.d.
Metal : billon
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 0,83 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe. De petites taches vertes d’oxyde au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + EPISCOPVS.
Obverse description : Tête mitrée 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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