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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |France| > WO95134
France, Louis IX, 1226 - 1270
|France|, |France,| |Louis| |IX,| |1226| |-| |1270|, Saint Louis ruled when France was at its height, both politically and economically. Louis was a devout Catholic, and he built the Sainte-Chapelle. He was renowned for his charity. The peace and blessings of the realm come to us through the poor he would say. Beggars were fed from his table, he ate their leavings, washed their feet, ministered to the wants of lepers, and daily fed over one hundred poor. He founded the House of the Felles-Dieu for reformed prostitutes, the Quinze-Vingt for 300 blind men, and hospitals at Pontoise, Vernon, and Compiégne. He died at Tunis, during his second crusade. He is the only canonized king of France; consequently, there are many places named after him, most notably St. Louis, Missouri.
WO95134. Silver Gros Tournois, Duplessy 190a, Ciani 181a, Lafaurie 198a, Roberts 2451, VF, dark toning, scratches, centers weak, Touraine mint, weight 3.099g, maximum diameter 24.6mm, die axis 0o, c. 1266 - 1270; obverse + LVDOVICVS•REX (inner legend) +BNDICTV:SIT:NOME:DNI:NRI:DEI:IHV:XPI (outer legend triple stops), cross pattée; reverse + TVRONIS•CIVIS, Châtel tournois topped with a cross, tressure border of twelve lis within arches, pellets flanking uppermost lis; ex Gordon Andreas Singer; SOLD











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