bfe_818829 - ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS AND IN THE NAME OF HUGH OF FRANCE Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Orléans
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,38 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Denier frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Des faiblesses de frappe sont visibles ainsi que du tréflage à l’avers. Patine un peu sombre
Obverse
Obverse legend : + D-I DEXTRA BE.
Obverse description : Porte de ville, cantonnée des lettres H-V-G-O.
Obverse translation : (Béni à la droite de Dieu ; Hugues).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + AVRELIANIS CIVA.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Cité d’Orléans).
Historical background
ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS AND IN THE NAME OF HUGH OF FRANCE
(1017-1025)
Hugh of France was born in 1007 from the union of Robert II, known as "the Pious" (996-1031) and Constance of Arles. Crowned during his father's lifetime in order to ensure the dynastic continuity of the first Capetians, he died in 1025, before his father, without ever having reigned..
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