bfe_249357 - ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS AND IN THE NAME OF HUGH OF FRANCE Deniers (lot de 8)
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Price : 390.00 €
Type : Deniers (lot de 8)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Orléans
Metal : silver
Rarity : R1
Predigree :
Exemplaires provenant de MONNAIES XXVIII, n° 1490 et du trésor de Neung-sur-Beuvron
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.
Reverse translation : (Cité d’Orléans).
Commentary
Poids des huit deniers : 1,28 g (x 2), 1,29 g (x 2), 1,30 g (x 2), 1,35 g, 1,37 g (x 2) (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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