v28_1506 - ORLÉANAIS - BISHOPRIC OF ORLÉANS AND IN THE NAME OF HUGH OF FRANCE Obole
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 170.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 170.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Orléans
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,57 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole et frappée sur un flan assez large, légèrement irrégulier et présente un petit éclatement de flan. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise et légèrement taché au droit. La croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + D-I D[E]XTRA 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 : + (CROISSANT) AVRELIANIS CIVITA.
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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