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Denier realist style, crozier at right
| Issuer | Priory of Souvigny |
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| Year | 1100-1200 |
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| Currency | Livre |
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| Obverse description | Facing draped bust of Saint Majolus rendered in realist style, with ears visible and a crozier resting on the left shoulder. The effigy is depicted frontally with schematic drapery characteristic of 12th-century Romanesque die-cutting. The surrounding Latin legend is partially obscured by the bust, which cuts into the inscription at the periphery. The overall composition reflects the crude but expressive craftsmanship typical of feudal ecclesiastical coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | SCS MAIOLVS (Translation: Saint Majolus.) |
| Reverse description | Plain cross with slightly splayed arms set within a beaded inner circle, dividing the field into four quarters. The cross arms terminate with right-angled branches. The surrounding Latin legend reads SILVINIACO, with a distinctive pointed letter N noted as a diagnostic feature of this emission. A cross pommee or cross pattee stops the legend at the left. The die work is typical of the rough hammered style of 12th-century feudal French priory coinage. |
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