1349-1362 France County of Provence Louis & Jonna Silver Feudal Denier Coin

Description

Type :
Denier
Date:
(1347-1362)
Date:
n.d.
Mint name / Town :
Tarascon
Metal :
billon
Diameter :
17,5 mm
Orientation dies :
9 h.
Weight :
0,63 g.
Rarity :
R2
OBVERSE
Obverse legend :
+. L. E[T. I. IHR. ET. SICIL’.] REX..
Obverse description :
Lis sous un lambel.
Obverse translation :
(Louis et Jeanne, rois de Jérusalem et de Sicile).
REVERSE
Reverse legend :
[(LIS SOUS LAMBEL) C]OHES: ET: C[OMIT]SA[: PVINCIE], (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description :
Croix de Jérusalem cantonnée de quatre petites croix de Jérusalem.
Reverse translation :
(Comte et comtesse de Provence).
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
PROVENCE - COUNTY OF PROVENCE - LOUIS I of Taranto and JOAN OF NAPLES
(1347-1362)
Joan of Naples (1326-1382) married successively Andrew, Duke of Calabria, who was assassinated in 1345, and Louis of Taranto (1362), Jacques III, King of Majorca (1375), and finally Otto, Duke of Brunswick. She was Queen of Naples (1343-1382) and died murdered, leaving the county of Provence to Louis I of Anjou, son of John II. In Naples, Charles III, great-son of Charles II, who succeeded him before being assassinated in 1386.