v22_0987 - PICARDY - SOISSONS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MEDARD Denier

PICARDY - SOISSONS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MEDARD Denier XF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 200.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Soissons

Metal : silver

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,06 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier a été frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe au niveau des légendes. Une légère patine grise le recouvre

Catalogue references :

Bd.1900 (5 f.) - PA.6510 (151/22)

Obverse

Obverse legend : [S-CI] MEDVR CA[PAT].

Obverse description : Tête de saint Médard à droite.

Obverse translation : (Tête de saint Médard).

Reverse

Reverse legend : DGEBE[...]E[...].

Reverse description : Étendard de saint Sébastien à gauche, accosté à gauche d’une croix.

Reverse translation : (Saint Médard).

Historical background

PICARDY - SOISSONS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MEDARD

(extreme end of the 10th century)

Eudes I of Blois, son of Thibaud I the Cheat (died in 975), received the Saint-Médard de Soissons abbey. He died on March 12, 996 leaving a widow who married King Robert II. He had coins minted in his name at Soissons, probably at the same time or shortly before those bearing the name of the abbeys of Saint-Médard and Saint-Sébastien; the spelling of the letters makes it possible to affirm that they are the work of the same engraver.

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