bfe_598305 - TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS Denier
45.00 €(Approx. 47.25$ | 37.35£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c.1150-1200
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Tours
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 0,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SCS MARTINVS.
Obverse description : Châtel tournois sommé d’une croix coupant la légende à 12 heures.
Obverse translation : (Saint-Martin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + TVRONVS CIVI.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Tours).
Historical background
TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS
(12th century)
The abbey of Saint-Martin was founded around 590. Feudal coinage began there at the end of the 10th century with the head of Saint-Martin as the monetary type. The count of Maine and Anjou, Henri Plantagenêt, seems to have been a lay abbot of Saint-Martin. Taking the pretext of the assassination of Arthur of Brittany in 1203, Philippe Auguste proclaimed in 1204 the clerk of all the possessions of Jean-sans-Terre, the assassin of the young Arthur, including Saint-Martin de Tours.
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