French morsel

Had some ebay bucks to burn off and picked up this little french morsel.

A common coin but decent for the type and was free thanks to the bucks.


France (Feudal): Vienne, Archbishopric, 11th and 12th Centuries
Billon Denier
O: + S • M • VIENNA • (= Saint Maurice of Vienne), bearded head of St. Maurice left.
R: MAXIMA GALL (= Greater Gaul), cross with pellets.
Vienne mint, (1200-1250 A.D.)
18mm
.80g
Roberts 5045, Poey d'Avant 4828 Plate CVI/17, Boudeau 1046.

 

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I've never put any eBucks towards an ancient. I have snagged a few tokens that way before.

 

Nice pickup. I really like those French feudal coins.

 

I don't have but a couple of medieval coins, but this one is my favorite:

FRANCE, FEUDAL, Valence, Bishops of Valence and Die,
Denier
OBVERSE: Stylized angel facing, +VRBS VALENTIAI
REVERSE: Cross annulet in fourth quadrant, +S APOLLI NARS
Struck at Valence, FR, 1157-1276
1.18g, 19mm
Boudeau 1021

 

Cool addition Mat!

 

Nice Mat! I still have "medieval French coin" on the list!

 

Nice catch (and for free !!!)
Vienna (and Valence too) are really nearby my place : Vienna is 50 miles away and Valence less than a 100. I like to see those types from time to time, even though they're not from Dombes

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I love the portrait - he looks tonsured. Is that the case, or is something else being shown there?

 

Possibly, really don't know.