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Denier - Robert of Dreux
| Issuer | Châteaudun, Viscounty of |
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| Year | 1253-1264 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (1⁄240) |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross with equal arms occupies the full field, dividing it into four quarters, consistent with the standard reverse type of contemporary French feudal deniers. The cross extends to the inner beaded circle that frames the central design. A circular Latin legend reading CASTRIDVNI surrounds the cross, introduced by a cross pommée or decorative mark. The beaded border at the coin's periphery is irregular, reflecting the hand-struck nature of this hammered issue. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Robert of Dreux, who held Châteaudun through his wife Alix de Bretagne, struck these deniers during a period when Capetian pressure on feudal minting rights was intensifying — Louis IX's monetary reforms of the 1250s were systematically curtailing the autonomous coinage of lesser lords. That this issue carries a variant from the Dy féodales type suggests die production was not rigidly controlled, consistent with a small viscounty operating on the margins of royal monetary policy.