Denier anonymous ALTISIODOR, half crosslets

The anonymous deniers of Auxerre occupy an awkward corner of French feudal coinage — issued without a named count precisely because the county changed hands repeatedly during the late twelfth century, passing between the houses of Nevers and Champagne through inheritance and marriage rather than conquest. Naming the issuing authority on the die would have required constant re-tooling. Anonymity was the practical solution.

The half-crosslet type is unrecorded in Boudeau, noted only in Poey d'Avant 5892.