v58_0238 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - CHARLES I OF ANJOU Denier
MONNAIES 58 (2013)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 323.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 342.00 €
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 323.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 342.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1246-1266
Mint name / Town : Marseille
Metal : billon
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 0,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + K: COMES: PVINCIE.
Obverse description : Tête du comte à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Charles, comte de Provence).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MAS-SIL-IEN-SIS.
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende, les bras terminés par trois besants.
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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