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Denier - Jean de Prangins
| Issuer | Lausanne, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1433-1440 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Façade of a stylized cathedral or episcopal seat depicted frontally between two flanking towers, rendered in a crude Gothic architectural style characteristic of medieval billon coinage. A rosette ornament appears in the lower field beneath the central structure. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the legend SEDES LAVSNS running along the outer periphery in uncial lettering. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Jean de Prangins served as Bishop of Lausanne from 1433 until his death in 1440, a tenure marked by the turbulent final years of the Western Schism's aftermath and the growing friction between episcopal authority and the city's bourgeoisie. His coinage was struck under the longstanding monetary privilege held by the bishops of Lausanne, a right dating to the early medieval period that was fiercely defended against encroachment by Savoy throughout the fifteenth century.
The billon content of these deniers reflects the chronic silver shortage afflicting Swiss episcopal mints during this decade.