Live auction - bfe_944013 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - CHARLES I OF ANJOU Demi-gros dit parfois "gros"
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| Estimate : | 650 € |
| Price : | 350 € |
| Maximum bid : | 370 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 September 2024 17:35:58 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Demi-gros dit parfois "gros"
Date: c. 1246-1266
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Marseille
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce demi-gros est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Reliefs nets. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + COMES: PVINCIE.
Obverse description : Tête du comte à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Comte de Provence).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + CIVITAS MASSIL.
Reverse description : Château flanqué de deux tours, la courtine est percée en son centre d'une porte sommée d'une croisette reposant sur un besant.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Marseille).
Historical background
PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - CHARLES I OF ANJOU
(1246-1285)
Charles (1226-1285) is the last son of Louis VIII and Blanche de Castille. He married Béatrice in 1246, the daughter of Raymond Béranger V of Provence. He is count of Anjou, Maine and Provence (1246-1285), king of Sicily and Naples (1266-1285), titular king of Jerusalem (1277-1285). He lost Sicily in 1282 after the Sicilian Vespers which saw the house of Aragon impose itself on the island after the massacre of the French.
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