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Denier - Hugh I
| Issuer | Duchy of Burgundy |
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| Year | 1076-1079 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | A plain cross pattée occupies the central field, set within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend reads + HVGONIS DVCIS in Latin capitals, identifying the issuer as Duke Hugh. The flan is irregular in shape, characteristic of hammered medieval coinage, and the relief is shallow with typical die wear of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | + HVGONIS DVCIS (Translation: Duke Hugh.) |
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Hugh I ruled Burgundy for just three years before his death in 1079, making his coinage among the shortest-lived issues of any Capetian duchy. The Dumas#1 designation places this as the foundational type in the series — not because it was particularly prolific, but because it anchors the monetary reform Hugh inherited from Robert I and briefly continued before the duchy passed to Odo I.
Billon deniers of this period from Burgundy are notoriously difficult to attribute with confidence; die production was inconsistent and legends routinely blundered. The Dijon minting authority had not yet standardized output the way it would under later dukes.