TOURAINE SAINT MARTIN DE TOURS* Abbey - Lot 73

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TOURAINE SAINT MARTIN DE TOURS* Abbey - Lot 73
TOURAINE SAINT MARTIN DE TOURS* Abbey 1150 - 1200 SCS MARTINVS. Châtel tournois. R/. +TVRONVS CIVIS. Cross pattée. ♦ Bd 185; Dy 412 Silver denarius (1.19 g) Rare in this state of preservation. Very handsome. *The Abbey of Saint Martin de Tours was founded around 590. The Count of Maine and Anjou, Henry Plantagenet, seems to have been lay abbot of Saint-Martin. In 1204, on the pretext of the assassination of Arthur of Brittany in 1203, Philip Augustus declared all the possessions of John Lackland, the murderer of young Arthur, including Saint-Martin de Tours, to be under guardianship.
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