2 deniers coronat - Charles II

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.