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Denier - Henry of Lancaster
| Issuer | Lordship of Bergerac (French States) |
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| Year | 1347-1351 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | A leopard passant to the left occupies the central field, depicted in the characteristic medieval heraldic style, set between two horizontal raised lines that divide the flan. The figure is rendered in low relief consistent with hammered coinage of the period. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, with the circumscribed legend reading HENRICVS COM (Count Henry) in uncial Latin characters running around the periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Henry of Grosmont held Bergerac as part of his extensive Gascon holdings, but his tenure over the lordship was turbulent — the town had changed hands repeatedly between English and French control during the early Hundred Years' War, falling definitively to the English after the 1345 campaign in which Henry himself played a commanding role. These deniers were struck during the years he administered the territory before his elevation to Duke of Lancaster in 1351, a title created specifically for him by Edward III.
Bergerac's mint output from this period is notably thin, a reflection of both the disrupted regional economy and the brevity of stable English administration there.