Denier au temple Louis Ier de Savoie-Vaud

Louis Ier de Savoie-Vaud inherited the barony in 1285 and died in 1302, and this denier falls somewhere within that narrow window — the exact striking year is irrecoverable. The "au temple" type takes its name from the architectural motif derived from Carolingian ecclesiastical coinage conventions that persisted stubbornly in Vaud long after neighboring territories had moved toward more contemporary designs. Vaud's monetary output under Louis was modest, and these thin, fragile fractions circulated hard in a region caught between the competing monetary pull of Savoy to the south and Bern to the north.