v22_0988 - PICARDY - SOISSONS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MEDARD Obole
MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 600.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 600.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Soissons
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,46 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large présentant un léger manque de métal à 5 h. 30 au droit.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]M[...].
Obverse description : Tête de saint Médard à droite.
Obverse translation : (Tête de saint Médard).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...].
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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