Denier - Philip II Augustus as Regent

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.