Denier anonymous Provins and Sens mints, comb

The anonymous deniers of Champagne present one of the more persistent attribution puzzles in French medieval numismatics. The Provins and Sens mints operated under comital authority during the mid-to-late eleventh century, a period when the counts of Champagne were actively consolidating their commercial dominance over the great fairs that would later define the region's medieval economy — though that infrastructure was still forming during this coin's likely production window.

The "var." designation against PA#5970 signals a die combination or minor type detail not fully captured by Poey d'Avant's classification, which is unsurprising given how numerous the anonymous comb-type variants are across both mints.