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Denier - Philip II Augustus Arras, 2nd type
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1180-1223 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (1⁄240 LP) |
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| Obverse description | The field bears the royal name PHILIPVS REX arranged in two lines as FRA / NCO (with NCO in retrograde), occupying the central area of the coin. The surrounding circular legend reads PHILIPVS REX FRA/OCN, rendered in medieval Latin majuscules, with the text distributed around the inner border. The die-work is typical of early Capetian hammered coinage, exhibiting the bold, somewhat irregular letterforms characteristic of 12th- to early 13th-century French minting practice. The coin is contained within a plain inner border, beyond which the peripheral legend is set. |
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| Obverse lettering | PHILIPVS REX FRA/NCO (Translation: Philip, king of the Franks.) |
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| Reverse lettering | + ARRAS CIVIS (Translation: City of Arras.) |
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