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1/4 du Dauphiné - Charles III en tant que roi Charles VII
| Issuer | County of Vienne (Dauphiné) (French States) |
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| Year | 1422-1440 |
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| Value | 1/4 Groschen (1⁄80) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a floriated cross with a fleur-de-lis in each quarter, executed in the Gothic hammered style characteristic of Dauphiné billon coinage. The cross is bold and well-centered, with the quadrants each containing a clearly defined fleur-de-lis motif. The coin is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, beyond which the circular Latin legend reads '+ KAROLVS: FRAN: REX'. The overall strike is irregular, consistent with hand-hammered medieval production, and the surfaces show typical medieval die-cutting stylization. |
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| Mintage | ND (1422-1440) - (fr) Atelier de Crémieu (Point 1er) - ND (1422-1440) - (fr) Atelier de Romans (Point 2e) - |
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Charles inherited the Dauphiné in 1419 while still heir apparent, and the territory's mint at Crémieu — along with those at Romans and Montélimar — continued striking in his name after he became Charles VII in 1422, producing a parallel feudal coinage entirely distinct from his royal issues. The Dauphiné had long maintained this minting independence, a privilege jealously preserved through successive dauphin administrations.
Billon issues from this period circulated alongside a chaotic mix of English-occupied French royal coinages during the height of the Hundred Years' War.