Denier - Lothair II Chinon mint, bust

Lothair II came to the West Frankish throne at age thirteen following the sudden death of Louis IV, ruling under the effective regency of Hugh the Great before consolidating his own authority. The Chinon mint was among the royal mints actively producing under his name, though output from this period was irregular and heavily influenced by the practical control of local magnates rather than genuine royal administration. Chinon itself sat within Touraine, a region whose political loyalties shifted repeatedly across Lothair's thirty-two year reign.

Nouchy 13 is among the rarer Chinon types recorded for this reign.