weight 0,50gr. | silver Ø 16mm.
obv. Short cross with alpha and omega in 3rd and 4th quadrant within circle.
In outer circle the legend ✠ GOSEDVS COS
(= Gosfridus comes = Count Geoffrey)
rev. Simplified monogram of Fulk within circle.
In outer circle the legend ✠ GIEMIS CA
(= Giemis castrum = Castle of Gien)
The coinage of the seigniory of Gien began under Geoffroy II de Donzy (1055-1112) and continued to the same type under Hervé II de Donzy (1112-1120) and Geoffroy III de Donzy (1120-1160).
Gien is situated to the east of Sully-sur-Loire and south-east of Orleans. The town is on the banks of the Loire, which is crossed here by a long arched bridge. According to historians of the city and documents relating to the late 6th century AD Gien at that time belonged to the Diocese of the Bishop of Auxerre.
It was perhaps during the middle ages that life in this part of France was most tumultuous, and Gien changed rulers several times: from the twelfth century it belonged to Godefroy, Lord of Donzy (who defended it against the claims of Guillom III, Count of Auxerre (1095-1156), and then gave it as dowry to his daughter, who married Stephen, Count of Sancerre. Around 1194 Gien belonged to a feudal lord named Philippe, and some years later we see the city in the hands of Hervé, Baron of Donzy (died 1187), who himself had to defend itself against the claims of the Count of Auxerre. In 1199 the County of Gien and the Castle passed to the Crown of France, who held them until 1307, when Philip the Fair (1268-1314) gave the county to his brother Louis, Count d′Evreux (1276-1319). Gien then had several Lords, the Duke of Anjou (1381), Duke of Berry (1385) and Jean de Bourgogne (1416). At the end of the fifteenth century, it belonged to Anne of France (1461-1522), sister of Charles VIII (1470-1498), who restored the Collegiate Church, which had fallen into disrepair.
The town suffered no damage during the wars of religion. Charles IX (1550-1574), in 1567, commissioned Pierre Rousseau to build a bridge and the city prospered through its trade of grain and livestock. In 1646, Gien was ceded to the Duke of Guise, Charles of Lorraine (1554-1611), and between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it continued to be a city dedicated to trade. Today the town is best known for two things some very famous pottery (faience) is produced in Gien, France and also for the castle of Gien which is in the centre of the town and dates back to the 12th century.
Boudeau 297 | PdA.1997 | Roberts 4117 Duplessy 604 R
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