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Denier THIBAUT IV LE GRAND
| Issuer | Viscounty of Châteaudun (French States) |
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| Year | 1120-1130 |
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| Weight | 0.90 g |
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| Obverse description | Schematic effigy in the Bléso-chartraine style, facing right, positioned between a plain cross to the left and a recumbent S to the right. The eye of the effigy is rendered by a raised pellet (besant), while the chin is depicted by an inverted epsilon with a pellet before it. The hair is stylized by five small inverted triangles arranged across the top of the head. The whole is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mint | Châteaudun |
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Thibaut IV of Blois — count of Blois, Chartres, and Châteaudun simultaneously — was one of the most powerful magnates in northern France during the reign of Louis VI, frequently in open conflict with the Capetian crown over control of the Loire valley. The Châteaudun mint operated under this contested authority, producing deniers that circulated as much as political statements as exchange instruments. Thibaut's epithet "le Grand" was not honorific flattery; he governed territories larger than many contemporary kingdoms.