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Denier - Hugh XI
| Issuer | County of Angoulême |
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| Year | 1246-1250 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a horizontal band of three small crosses pattée in a row, with a crescent above and a pellet or annulet below, all contained within a beaded inner circle. This arrangement is a characteristic feudal device associated with the counts of Angoulême. The peripheral legend COMES ENGOLISME, rendered in Gothic Latin lettering, encircles the design between the inner beaded circle and the outer rim, identifying the issuer as Count of Angoulême. |
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| Mintage | ND (1246-1250) |
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Hugh XI of Lusignan held Angoulême through inheritance from his mother Isabelle of Angoulême — the same Isabelle who had previously been Queen of England as King John's wife. The county's coinage in this period reflects an administration perpetually caught between Capetian pressure and the lingering influence of the Lusignan family's Poitevin ambitions. Hugh XI himself would die on crusade in 1250, which sharply brackets the production window for this type.