v22_0101 - ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS - ANONYMOUS Denier

ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS - ANONYMOUS Denier XF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 250.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 1000-1045

Mint name / Town : Orléans

Metal : silver

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 1,10 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Léger décentrage au revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise et dont la croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.76 var. (2/17 var.) - L.101 (R)

Obverse

Obverse legend : D-I DEXTRA BEN.

Obverse description : Porte de ville, cantonnée des lettres NE - I - IC - TA.

Obverse translation : (Béni à la droite de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : AV[RELIA]NIS CIVITAS.

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 3 d’un alpha, au 4 d’un oméga.

Reverse translation : (Cité d’Orléans).

Historical background

ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS - ANONYMOUS

(From 1025 and first half of the 11th century)

Françoise Dumas thinks that the coinage of Orléans at the end of the 10th and at the beginning of the 11th century is more Episcopal than Viscount. Orleans was directly in the movement of the first Capetians: Hugues Capet (987-996) and Robert II the Pious (996-1031). Daniel Legros gives a list of the bishops of Orléans which includes five bishops between 987 and 1063: Arnoul II (987-1003), Fulk I (1003-1016), Thierry II (1016-1021), Odolric (1021-1033) and Isembard (1033-1063). Anonymous coinage ceases around 1060 when Orléans becomes a royal workshop of Philippe I (1060-1108) (Dy. 50-57).

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