bry_387086 - TOURAINE - SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS - PHILIP II AUGUSTUS Denier tournois n.d. Saint-Martin de Tours
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 40.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 40.00 €
Type : Denier tournois
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Saint-Martin de Tours
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,95 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan irrégulier. Faiblesses de frappe au droit et au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + PHI[LL]IPVS RE.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + [SC]S MA[RT]INV[S], (A ET N BOULETÉS).
Reverse description : Châtel tournois.
Reverse translation : (Saint-Martin).
Historical background
TOURAINE - SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS - PHILIP II AUGUSTUS
(09/11/1180-07/14/1223)
After the assassination of Arthur of Brittany in 1201 by Jean sans Terre, Philippe Auguste pronounces the clerk of the lands of his vassal who revolted against him and became a traitor. Anjou, Maine and Touraine are seized. Philippe becomes the protector of the abbey and will be, from 1204, lay abbot.
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