v48_0488 - LYONNAIS - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF LYON - ANONYMOUS Denier

XF/VF

MONNAIES 48 (2011)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Denier

Date: c. 1050-1150

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Lyon

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 0,75 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Faiblesse de frappe et de petites taches au revers. Reliefs un peu plus nets au droit qu’au revers

Catalogue references :

Bd.1128 (6 f.) - PA.5028 (113/10) - SCMF.3984

Obverse

Obverse legend : + PR[I]MA SEDES, (E ONCIAUX), (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 12 HEURES).

Obverse description : LG sous une barre abréviative (pour Lugdunum).

Obverse translation : (Lyon, siège du primat).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + GALLIAR'V.

Reverse description : Croix.

Reverse translation : (des Gaules).

Historical background

LYONNAIS - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF LYON - ANONYMOUS

(11th century-12th century)

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, saw its monetary privileges confirmed in the regulations of 1315. The episcopal workshop disappeared at the end of the 14th century.

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