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Denier - Harvey of Donzy COMЄS ЄRVЄVS
| Issuer | County of Nevers |
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| Year | 1199-1223 |
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| Currency | Livre |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a plain cross pattée, with a six-pointed star placed in the first (upper-left) quarter and a single pellet in the fourth (lower-right) quarter, all within a beaded inner circle. The design is characteristic of the feudal denier coinage of Nevers, displaying bold, deeply struck relief. The surrounding legend reads ✠ NIVЄRNIS CIVIT (City of Nevers), composed of Lombardic capitals. The outer edge of the flan shows the irregular, slightly scalloped profile typical of hammered medieval issues. The overall style is consistent with the monetary production attributed to Harvey of Donzy, Count of Nevers (1199–1223). |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Harvey (Hervé) IV of Donzy acquired the County of Nevers by marriage in 1199 after wedding Mahaut, the heiress of Nevers, wresting control from a competing claim by the Count of Auxerre. His coinage reflects this consolidation — the Donzy comital title appearing on Nevers money signals a deliberate assertion of legitimate succession through marriage rather than inheritance. The billon standard he used was already debased by regional practice, and his issues circulated alongside those of neighboring Auxerre and Tonnerre in a fractured monetary zone where no single authority dominated small-denomination trade.