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2 deniers coronat - Charles II
| Issuer | County of Provence (French States) |
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| Year | 1285-1309 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Crowned bust of Charles II in left profile, rendered in the Gothic style typical of late 13th-century Provençal coinage. The effigy is set within a plain inner field, with the crown clearly delineated above the ruler's head. Below the bust, two fleurs-de-lis are displayed, referencing the Angevin dynastic connection to the French royal house. The design is enclosed by a beaded inner circle, beyond which the circumferential legend runs in uncial Latin characters. The flan is irregular, as is characteristic of hammered medieval billon issues. |
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| Mintage | ND (1285-1309) |
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Charles II of Anjou spent much of his early reign not in Provence at all but in Aragonese captivity, held prisoner following the disastrous Battle of the Gulf of Naples in 1284. He did not assume effective control of Provence until 1290, meaning the earliest issues attributed to this reign were almost certainly struck under regency authority. The denier coronat coinage was a specifically Provençal type, distinct from his Angevin issues, reinforcing the county's administrative separateness from the mainland French holdings.