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Denier in the name of Louis
| Issuer | Périgord, County of |
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| Year | 1100-1280 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (1⁄240) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Five annulets arranged in the form of a cross, with one annulet at centre and one in each of the four cardinal positions, filling the inner field. The design is enclosed within an inner beaded circle, itself surrounded by a peripheral legend and an outer beaded border. A small cross pattée serves as a legend stop at the top. |
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The counts of Périgord struck deniers invoking the Carolingian name "Louis" long after any actual Louis held authority over them — a deliberate archaism that projected legitimacy without acknowledging any contemporary royal overlord. This practice was widespread among southern French feudatories in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and pinning a specific count's name to any given example within this 180-year bracket remains effectively impossible without die-link studies.