bfe_933324 - TOURAINE - TOURS - ABBEY OF SAINT-MARTIN DE TOURS Denier
500.00 €(Approx. 555.00$ | 420.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c.1150-1200
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Tours
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise portant des taches vertes d’oxyde. Bel exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + SCS M°ARTINVS.
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).
Commentary
Ce denier correspond aux prototypes de Saint-Martin de Tours de la seconde moitié du XIe siècle. Le châtel tournois est très proche de sa forme définitive, mais présente deux boules et des colonnes sous le fronton.
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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