bca_330443 - LOTHAIR Obole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 480.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 480.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 960-980
Mint name / Town : Bourges
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Weight : 0,65 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large, mais avec une frappe confuse, avec une patine sombre et hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + LOTERIVS REX.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Lothaire, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BITVRICES CIVIT, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 3 HEURES).
Reverse description : Monogramme carolin (KAROLVS).
Reverse translation : (Cité de Bourges).
Historical background
LOTHAIR
(09/12/954-03/02/986)
From 954, Lothaire ceded Aquitaine to Hugh the Great and tried to fight against the rise of feudalism. He ends up falling out with Hugh Capet (duke 956-987, king 987-996), son of Hugh the Great, because he is more powerful than his suzerain. At the beginning of the reign of Louis IV (936-954), a new monetary reform would have changed the size of the denarii to 360 coins per pound of 18 ounces.
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