bfe_938312 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - ALFONSO II OF ARAGON (governor of Provence) Denier
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 0,82 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Reliefs plus nets au droit qu’au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + REX° ARA°GONE.
Obverse description : Tête couronnée de profil, à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Roi d’Aragon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PO-VI-NC-IA.
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende dont les bras sont terminés par deux besants et un annelet.
Reverse translation : (Provence).
Historical background
PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - ALFONSO II OF ARAGON (governor of Provence)
(1162-1196)
Alphonse of Aragon (1152-1196) is the son of Raymond-Béranger, count of Barcelona and Pétronille, queen of Aragon. Alfonso of Aragon became King of Aragon in 1162. In 1174 he married Sancie (1154-1208), daughter of Alfonso VII of Castile. By dint of conquests he succeeded in invading Roussillon and Béarn. After the death of Raymond-Béranger, his brother, count of Provence, he inherited his possessions but opposed the counts of Toulouse. On his death in 1196, his son Pierre II (1176-1213) inherited the throne of Aragon while his other son became count of Provence under the name of Alphonse II.
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