Denier tournois - Alphonse de France

Features

Issuer	County of Riom (French States)
Count	Alphonse of Poitiers (1241-1271)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1241-1263
Value	Denier = 1⁄240 Livre tournois
Currency	Livre
Composition	Billon
Weight	0.81 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 87970
References	Boudeau# 384, Émile Boudeau; 2002. Catalogue général illustré et à prix marqués des monnaies françaises provinciales (4^th edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. PA# 2267 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.

Obverse

Crenelated pediment castle ornamented with 3 rings.

Lettering: + ALFVNSVS COMES

Translation: Alphonse, Count

Reverse

Cross patty

Lettering: + DE RIOMENSIS

Translation: from Riom

Edge

Smooth

Comments

This currency bears a strong resemblance to traditional deniers tournois, which can be explained in only one way: his brother Louis IX (aka Saint Louis) gave him the county of Riom, among others, as an apanage. This similarity can be seen in all the territories over which Alphonse de France, also known as Alphonse de Poitiers, ruled as Count. Some of these territories were inherited from his wife Jeanne de Toulouse. Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Cette monnaie ressemble fortement aux deniers tournois traditionnels, ce qui s'explique d'une seule manière : son frère Louis IX (alias Saint Louis) lui a donné le comté de Riom, entre autres, en apanage. On constate cette similitude dans l'ensemble des territoires sur lesquels Alphonse de France, dit aussi Alphonse de Poitiers, a régné notamment tant que comte. Ces territoires étaient, pour certains, issus de l'héritage de sa femme Jeanne de Toulouse.

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Date				VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1241-1263)

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