bfe_766076 - LORRAINE - COUNTY OF BAR - HENRY I THE FOWLER (IMITATION COINAGE IN HIS NAME) Denier
275.00 €(Approx. 288.75$ | 228.25£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 950-1000
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Bar-le-duc
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 1,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large, irrégulier et légèrement voilé présentant des faiblesses de frappe. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [HE]NRIC[VS].
Obverse description : REX.
Obverse translation : (Henri, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + VIRD[V]NI.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 4 d’un besant.
Reverse translation : (Verdun).
Commentary
Ce type monétaire, avec le REX du droit bien visible, ainsi que les légendes, est très proche du prototype d’Henri dit “l’Oiseleur” (925-936) voire est une monnaie d’Henri “l’Oiseleur”.
Historical background
LORRAINE - COUNTY OF BAR - HENRY I THE FOWLER (IMITATION COINAGE IN HIS NAME)
(10th-12th centuries)
Duke of Saxony since 912, it was in 918 that Conrad I appointed him as his successor. In 919, Lorraine was integrated into the Empire. Henry was stricken with paralysis in 935 and died the following year. His son, Othon, will unite Germany and Italy and will be at the origin of the Holy Roman Empire..
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