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Denier - Philip II Augustus as Regent
| Issuer | Déols, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1206-1207 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Cross pattée occupying the central field, with splayed arms extending nearly to the inner border. The cross is rendered in the bold, slightly irregular style characteristic of hammered feudal billon coinage. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, outside of which runs the circular Latin legend. The workmanship reflects the provincial die-cutting conventions of early 13th-century French feudal minting. |
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| Mintage | ND (1206-1207) |
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Philip II briefly administered the lordship of Déols directly following the death of Ralph IV of Déols in 1176, with the territory passing through a complicated series of inheritances before reverting to the Crown. This denier was struck during the period when Philip exercised direct seigneurial authority over Déols as part of his systematic absorption of Berry into the royal domain — a process he pursued through marriage politics and opportunistic wardships as aggressively as through outright conquest.
Déols itself, near modern Châteauroux, had long maintained its own minting tradition independent of both the Capetian crown and the counts of Bourges.