bfe_618229 - PICARDY - SOISSONS - ANONYMOUS Denier
390.00 €(Approx. 409.50$ | 323.70£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 1000-1100
Mint name / Town : Soissons
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Weight : 1,01 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et large. Exemplaire avec quelques faiblesses de frappe et recouvert d’une patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]ED[...], (PSEUDO-LÉGENDE).
Obverse description : Temple posé sur un degré, portant en cœur une croix, accosté de trois besants verticaux.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...]OE[...], (PSEUDO-LÉGENDE).
Reverse description : Croix au centre évidé, cantonnée de quatre besants, le tout dans un carré.
Historical background
PICARDY - SOISSONS - ANONYMOUS
(11th 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. The Soissonnais was a hereditary stronghold of the House of Vermandois. In the 12th century, the county passed to the house of Nesle.
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