bfe_768258 - LYONNAIS - ARCHBISCHOP OF LYON - ANONYMOUS COINAGE Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: c.1100-1150
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène. Flan plutôt régulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + PRIMA SEDES.
Obverse description : Grande L barrée.
Obverse translation : (Lyon, siège du primat).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + GALLIAR.V.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (des Gaules).
Historical background
LYONNAIS - ARCHBISCHOP OF LYON - ANONYMOUS COINAGE
(12th-14th centuries)
The concession of the coin of Lyon could date from the time of Charles II the Bald. This monetary right was often disputed by the kings of Burgundy in the 10th and 11th centuries, in particular by Henry III of Burgundy. Frederick I Barbarossa (1152-1190) confirmed the concession of the Lyon Mint to Archbishop Humbert on November 18, 1157 (A. Blanchet, Manuel, op. cit., p.369). La Monnaie, after the French annexation of 1312, retained its monetary privileges in the regulations of 1315. The episcopal workshop disappeared at the end of the 14th century.
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