I just won this coin of William X. HE was the father of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Please post your french hammered coins. FRANCE. PROVINCIAL. Aquitaine. Guillaume X. 1127-1137. AR denier. 1.05 gm. 20 mm. Bordeaux mint. Four central crosslets; +GVILILMO around ("G" is made up of two distinct punches) / Short cross with flared ends; +BVRDEGVLA around. Poey D'Avant 2733. Roberts 4301. Good Very Fine. The Douglas Bayern Collection. William X, the father of Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II of England. Davissons Printed Auction 37 Lot 328
Wonderful coin Andrew! I am sorry, I am incredibly limited as to Medieval / DA coins. Great capture! Hey, those aren’t crosslets! Those are St Andrews crosses! Scotland owns Aquitaine!
Oooo... I need to get one of those. Here’s his dad: French Feudal, Toulouse William IX of Aquitaine, second reign r. 1109-1117 AR Denier, 18.82 mm x 1.1 grams Obv.: VVILELMO COME, Cross Pattee in center, S in second quarter Rev.: +TOLOSA CIVI around, PAX in center Ref.: Duplessy 1210 (as William IV), Roberts 4225 (As William IX), De Wit 439 (as William IV)
Another great coin @Orfew I love it. Should you ever grow tired of it I would try my best to tempt you into parting with it. I need to start checking out Davissons, it seems I'm missing out. That's another great medieval @FitzNigel I would love to see all of your French feudal coins, you are always posting such nice ones.
How did I miss this post. I think that OP coin is Guillaume IX rather than Guillaume X. Why? Mostly the style and the overall design -- the annulet missing from between the four crosslets, the shape of the lettering and the standard specs. As a matter of fact, Poey d'Avant puts it #2735 rather than 2733 (CLVILILMO / BVRDEGIILA), even earlier to Bernard Guillaume (or an immobilise type that started around that period, being of an unlikely low weight for the early 11th century). Its features put it more likely in the second part of the 11th century (Poey d'Avant has an error at p. 75 referring to the end of the 12th century, but by that time Aquitaine was minting for Richard I and Alienor) rather than around 1000, and before the standardization of shape, style and lettering of the early 12th century for Guillaume X.