v28_1494 - ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS AND IN THE NAME OF HUGH OF FRANCE Deniers (lot de 6)
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 240.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 240.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Deniers (lot de 6)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Orléans
Metal : silver
Rarity : R2
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 CIVITAS.
Reverse description : Croix ; un coup de poinçon en forme de triangle dans l’un des cantons de la croix.
Reverse translation : (Cité d’Orléans).
Commentary
Poids des six deniers : 1,21 g (x 3), 1,22 g, 1,25 g, 1,31 g (de TB+ à TTB).
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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