Denier - John of Nesle and Joan

John of Nesle ruled Ponthieu in right of his wife Joan, the countess in her own title — a feudal arrangement that placed her name on the coinage alongside his but gave him administrative control. Joan was the daughter of William III of Ponthieu, and the county would eventually pass to Eleanor of Castile through inheritance, making it a brief English possession under Edward I after 1279.

The "var." designation against PA#6710 signals a die variation not fully cataloged by Poey d'Avant — worth cross-referencing against Boudeau for any documented emission differences.