887AD FRANCE Carolingian King ODO Eudes Silver Denier Medieval Coin NGC i71938

Description

Item:
i71938
Authentic Coin of:
France
-
Carolingian
Empire
Odo (Eudes). King of West Francia, 887-898.
Silver Denier 20mm (1.71 grams) Blesianiscastro (Blois) mint.
Reference: Morrison 1295 var.
Certification:
NGC
AU 58   4829213-001
+ MISERICORDIA D I-I, Odo Rex monogram
BLESIΛNISCΛS TR◊ +, cross pattée.
Numismatic Note: In the book, Carolingian Coinage by Karl F. Morrison (1967), this variant is not shown in the plates. The slight difference is in the Odo Rex monogram and cross (+) after
TR◊
and not before it as in the page. So this may possible be an unpublished variant as I was not able to find the exact type in researching coin archives over about ten years or so. Certianly the sharpest example I compared to others I have seen.
You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.
Odo
(or
Eudes
) (c. 859/860 - 1 January 898) was the elected King of Francia from 888 to 898 as the first king from the Robertian dynasty. Before assuming the kingship, Odo held the titles of Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris.
Odo was the eldest son of Robert the Strong, who was Duke of the Franks, Marquis of Neustria, and Count of Anjou. After his father's death in 866, Odo inherited his Marquis of Neustria title. Odo lost this title in 868 when king Charles the Bald appointed Hugh the Abbot to the title. Odo regained it following the death of Hugh in 886. After 882 he held the post of Count of Paris. Odo was also the lay abbot of St. Martin of Tours.
Odo married Théodrate of Troyes and had two known sons, Arnulf (born probably about 885) and Guy (born probably about 888), neither of whom lived past the age of 15.
For his skill and bravery in resisting the attacks of Vikings at the Siege of Paris (885-886), Odo was chosen by the western Frankish nobles to be their king following the overthrow of Emperor Charles the Fat. He was crowned at Compiègne in February 888 by Walter, Archbishop of Sens.
Odo continued to battle against the Vikings and defeated them at Montfaucon, but was soon involved in a struggle with powerful Frankish nobles who supported the claim of Charles the Simple to the throne.
[
citation needed
]
In 889 and 890 Odo granted special privileges to the County of Manresa in Osona. Because of its position on the front line against the Moorish aggression, Manresa was given the right to build towers of defence known as
manresanas
or
manresanes
. This privilege was responsible for giving Manresa its unique character, distinct from the rest of Osona, for the next two centuries.
To gain prestige and support, Odo paid homage to the East Francia's King Arnulf. Despite this, in 894 Arnulf declared his support for Charles the Simple, and after a conflict which lasted three years, Odo was compelled to come to terms with his rival and surrender a district north of the Seine to him.
Odo died in La Fère on 1 January 898.
The
Carolingian dynasty
(known variously as the
Carlovingians
,
Carolingus
,
Carolings
or
Karlings
) was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. The name "Carolingian" (Medieval Latin
karolingi
, an altered form of an unattested Old High German word *
karling, kerling
, meaning "descendant of Charles", cf. MHG
kerlinc
) derives from the Latinised name of Charles Martel:
Carolus
. The dynasty consolidated its power in the mid 8th century, eventually making the offices of mayor of the palace and
dux et princeps Francorum
hereditary, and becoming the
de facto
rulers of the Franks as the real powers behind the Merovingian throne. In 751 the Merovingian dynasty, which had ruled the Germanic Franks was overthrown with the consent of the Papacy and the aristocracy, and a Carolingian Pepin the Short was crowned King of the Franks. The Carolingian dynasty reached its peak in 800 with the crowning of Charlemagne as the first Emperor of Romans in over three centuries. His death in 814 began an extended period of fragmentation of the Carolingian empire and decline that would eventually lead to the evolution of the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire.
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