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1/2 Blanc - Louis II
| Issuer | Orange, Principality of |
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| Year | 1418-1463 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Orange was a tiny but genuinely sovereign principality wedged between papal Avignon and the French crown, and its rulers exploited that independence aggressively through coinage. Louis II, who inherited the principality in 1418 and held it until his death in 1463, maintained minting rights as one of the few tangible expressions of that autonomy against sustained Valois pressure to absorb the enclave.
The Boudeau reference places this type, but the absence of a Prieur-Arnaud and a Dhénin Orange number signals it fell outside their more systematic coverage — not unusual for the smaller fractional billon issues of minor French feudal mints, where die survival and documented specimens remain genuinely sparse.