bfe_901218 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - CHARLES I OF ANJOU Obole coronat
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Type : Obole coronat
Date: c. 1266-1277
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Saint-Remy
Metal : billon
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 0,53 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et large. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : + K: IHR: CICILE. REX.
Obverse description : Tête couronnée de Charles Ier à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Charles, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Sicile).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +. COMES: PVINCIE.
Reverse description : Croix pattée.
Reverse translation : (Comte de Provence).
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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