v26_1244 - PROVENCE - HOUSE OF FORCALQUIER - CHARLES I OF ANJOU Denier guillermin ou de Forcalquier
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 817.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 1 525.00 €
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 817.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 1 525.00 €
Type : Denier guillermin ou de Forcalquier
Date: c. 1246-1266
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,76 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente de hauts reliefs. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + KAROLVS.
Obverse description : COME autour d’un point.
Obverse translation : (Charles, comte).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + PROENCIE.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 2 d’un besant.
Reverse translation : (Provence).
Historical background
PROVENCE - HOUSE OF FORCALQUIER - 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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