Denier - Louis VI Dreux mint

Louis VI never controlled Dreux directly — the mint operated under the count of Dreux, a collateral Capetian branch, functioning within a feudal monetary framework where royal authority over coinage was nominal at best. The Dreux deniers of this reign are notably inconsistent in silver content, reflecting the absence of centralized assay control that would not begin to tighten until the reforms of his grandson, Philip II. Dy royales #96 sits in a contested zone of attribution that has occupied French numismatic scholarship for decades.