bfe_245609 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - CHARLES II OF ANJOU Gros tournois d’Avignon
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Gros tournois d’Avignon
Date: c. 1246-1266
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,08 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros tournois est frappé sur un flan assez large, légèrement irrégulier et voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + KAROLVS (MOLETTE) SCL’ REX ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + BNDICTV: SIT: NOME: DHI: NRI: DEI: IHV XPI.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi de Sicile ; que le nom de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ soit béni).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COMES (MOLETTE) PVINCIE.
Reverse description : Châtel sommé d’un lis, portant trois annelets en cœur ; bordure extérieure de douze lis dans des oves.
Reverse translation : (Comte de Provence).
Commentary
Ce type monétaire est traditionnellement donné à Charles Ier d’Anjou (1246-1285). Il faut placer son émission sous Charles II d’Anjou (1285-1309).
Historical background
PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - CHARLES II OF ANJOU
(1285-1309)
Charles II (1254-1309) is the son of Charles I of Anjou and Béatrice de Provence. When his father died, he was taken prisoner by the King of Aragon, Peter III, who freed him for a very large ransom. He is Count of Anjou, of Maine, King of Naples. He was unable to recover Sicily, lost in 1282 after the Sicilian Vespers, continued his father's policy, conquered Durazzo in Albania and secured the throne of Hungary for his son Charles Martel (1271-1295). His other son Robert (1277-1343) ascended the throne of Naples on his death in 1309. He had left the county of Maine to his cousin and son-in-law Charles de Valois in 1290.
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