bfe_365661 - PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - CHARLES I OF ANJOU Obole
395.00 €(Approx. 414.75$ | 327.85£)
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Type : Obole
Date: circa 1246-1266
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Marseille
Metal : billon
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 0,39 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large, légèrement irrégulier et voilé. Tache à 1 heure au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + K: COMES: PVINCIE, (M ET E LIÉS).
Obverse description : Tête nue à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Charles, comte de Provence).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MAS-SIL-LEN-SIS.
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende.
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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