Denier - Gilles of Sorcy

Gilles de Sorcy held the bishopric of Toul during a period when ecclesiastical lords of Lorraine were actively defending their minting rights against encroachment from both the Duchy of Lorraine and the French crown. The denier series issued under his name reflects that assertion of temporal authority — bishops of Toul had held comital rights over the city since the tenth century, and coinage was among the most visible expressions of that jurisdiction.

Flon's reference places this among a tightly documented sequence for Toul, though surviving examples in attributable condition remain scarce given the coin's modest silver content and the heavy circulation demands of mid-thirteenth century Lorraine markets.