Obol with anchored cross - Bernard II

Features

Issuer Lordship of Anduze and Sauve (French States)
Lord Bernard II of Anduze (1145-1164)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1145-1164
Value 1 Obol (1⁄480)
Currency Denier
Composition Billon
Weight 0.39 g
Diameter 14.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
176402
References PA# 3853,
Faustin Poey d'Avant; 1858. Monnaies féodales de France / Tome 1. Anjou, Auvergne, Berri, Bourbonnais, Bretagne, France, Limousin, Maine, Nivernais, Normandie, Perche, Touraine, Velay. Rollin et Feuardent, Paris, France.
And 2 more volumes.
Dy féodales# 1569
Jean Duplessy; 2004. Les monnaies françaises féodales / Tome 1. Maison Platt, Paris, France.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Large B surrounded by four pellets.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
✠ ΛNDVSIENSIS
B

Unabridged legend: BERNARDUS ANDUSIENSIS

Translation: Bernard of Anduze...

Reverse

Anchored cross with a little pellet in first quarter.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✠ SALVIENSIS

Translation: ... and of Sauve.

Mint

Sommières, France

Comments

Anduze and Sauve belonged to the Bermond family between the 10th and 12th centuries. Bernard II of Anduze was the husband of Ermengarde, viscountess of Narbonne (1143-1192).

Coins began to be minted under Bernard II. Poey d'Avant had rightly noticed that the small ovoid pellet on the reverse was perhaps the mark of a new issue. In 1248, the lords of Anduze and Sauve sold the Sommières mint to King Louis IX.

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