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Denier - Hugh I
| Issuer | Besançon, Archbishopric of |
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| Year | 1031-1067 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central plain cross with the archbishop's initial letters H, V, G, O distributed one in each angle of the cross, within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend reads CRISOPOLIS HVGO, referencing the ancient name for Besançon and the issuing archbishop Hugh I. The overall design is characteristic of medieval feudal coinage struck under ecclesiastical authority, with bold, deeply cut lettering typical of mid-11th-century hammered silver deniers. |
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| Reverse description | A manus Dei (blessing hand) depicted in the field, shown emerging upward with two fingers raised in the traditional gesture of benediction, rising from a decorative plinth or cuff at the base. The hand is rendered in a schematic, hieratic style consistent with Romanesque ecclesiastical art of the period. The surrounding legend S STEPHANVS identifies the patron saint of Besançon Cathedral, Saint Stephen, within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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