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Denier - Aymar IV
| Issuer | Counties of Valentinois and Diois (French States) |
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| Year | 1277-1329 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Facing stylized bust of Aymar IV, Count of Valentinois and Diois, rendered in a crude medieval hammered style typical of feudal French coinage. The portrait is depicted frontally within a beaded or pearled border, with simplified facial features and schematic drapery indicated by incised lines at the base. The surrounding Latin legend reads +: A DE.PICTAVIA.COM, identifying the count by his Poitevin comital title. |
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| Obverse lettering | +:A DE.PICTAVIA.COM |
| Reverse description | Central cross pattée dividing the reverse field into four quarters, enclosed within a beaded inner circle and an outer circular Latin legend. The cross is boldly struck in the feudal hammered tradition, with the quarters left plain. The surrounding legend reads +: VALENT:ET:DIEN`:, referencing the two counties of Valentinois and Diois over which Aymar IV held authority. |
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