Live auction - bfe_716814 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - CHARLES I OF ANJOU Denier
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 155 € |
| Maximum bid : | 180 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 January 2022 17:36:16 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1257-1266
Mint name / Town : Marseille
Metal : billon
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan plutôt large et irrégulier. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit. Agréable denier
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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