Live auction - bfe_961502 - LORRAINE - HOLY EMPIRE and BISHOPRIC OF METZ - THIERRY I and OTTO I, or OTTO II or OTTO III Denier
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Live starting : Type : Denier
Date: c. 973-984
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : billon
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe
Obverse
Obverse legend : + OTTO REX.
Obverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un besant.
Obverse translation : (Othon, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + CPATIA D- REX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 3 HEURES).
Reverse description : Monogramme carolin.
Reverse translation : (Charles, par la grâce de Dieu).
Commentary
L’attribution à Metz varie selon les auteurs ainsi que celle à Othon Ier ou Othon II.
Historical background
LORRAINE - HOLY EMPIRE and BISHOPRIC OF METZ - THIERRY I and OTTO I, or OTTO II or OTTO III
(05/3/963-07/11/984)
Thierry is associated here, in the coinage, with members of the Saxe family. Otto I, son of Henry the Birdcatcher, became King of Germany in 936 and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on February 2, 962 in Rome. His son Otho II succeeded him in 973 and married Theophano, the daughter of the Byzantine emperor. In 983, Otto III succeeded him, the year the Slavs revolted against imperial authority, and he ruled until 995 under the regency of Theophano, his mother, and Adelaide, his grandmother, the wife of Otto I. He died in 1002.
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