½ Groschen - Odo IV

½ Groschen - Odo IV - obverse½ Groschen - Odo IV - reverse

© Charles Travaillant

Features

Issuer Duchy of Burgundy (French States)
Duke Odo IV (1315-1349)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1327-1330
Value ½ Groschen (1⁄40)
Currency Livre
Composition Silver (.700)
Weight 1.81 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
167475
References Dumas# 10-10-1
Françoise Dumas-Dubourg; 1988. Le monnayage des ducs de Bourgogne. Séminaire de numismatique Marcel Hoc, Louvain-la-Neuve, France.

Obverse

Cross.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
+ BNDICTV ⋮ SIT ⋮ NOME ⋮ DNI ⋮ NRI
+ AVXONA ⚬ OBOLVS

Unabridged legend:
Benedictum sit nomen domini nostri
Auxona Obolus

Translation:
Blessed be the name of our lord.
Groschen of Auxonne.

Reverse

Castle tournois. Border of ten lilies.

Script: Latin

Lettering: + COMES ● AVXONE

Translation: Count of Auxonne.

Mint

Auxonne, France (1439-1478)

Comments

"One might hesitate to attribute these meshes to Eudes IV rather than to Philippe de Rouvres, contemporary of Jean le Bon. But the royal links issued under the reign of Jean le Bon have a border of eleven lilies; from 1351, their title is lowered to 369 ‰; their theoretical weight of 1.69 g is not reached by any of the examples found. The legend corresponds to the arguments opposed by the Duke to the monks of Saint-Bénigne before 1329: non ponitur nomen ducis sed ibi dignitas comitis. These issues date from the years 1327-1330."
Françoise Dumas-Dubourg, Le Monnayage des ducs de Bourgogne, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1988, p.286Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1327-1330)  + COMES ● AVXONE
ND (1327-1330)  + COMES ● AVXONЄ

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