v46_0512 - LORRAINE - COUNTY OF BAR - HENRY I THE FOWLER (IMITATION COINAGE IN HIS NAME) Obole
MONNAIES 46 (2010)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 240.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 240.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole
Date: c. 1000
Mint name / Town : Bar-le-duc
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Weight : 0,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan irrégulier et présente de nombreuses faiblesses de frappe. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...].
Obverse description : REX dans le champ.
Obverse translation : (Henri, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + [...]II.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée d’un besant.
Reverse translation : (Verdun).
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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