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1/2 Groschen - Joanna I and Louis I
| Issuer | Provence, County of |
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| Year | 1349-1362 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Joanna I of Naples held Provence as a separate county title, and the years covered by this issue were among the most turbulent of her reign — she had sold Avignon to Pope Clement VI in 1348 partly to fund her legal defense against accusations of complicity in her first husband Andrew of Hungary's murder. Louis I here is her second husband, Louis of Taranto, whom she married in 1347 and who was elevated to co-ruler. The pairing of their names on Provençal coinage reflects a deliberate legitimizing strategy during a period when her authority was actively contested.