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Denier tournois - Alphonse de France
| Issuer | Riom, County of |
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| Year | 1241-1263 |
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| Value | Denier = 1⁄240 Livre tournois |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a crenelated castle with a prominent pediment, ornamented with three annulets distributed across its facade, rendered in the stylized Romanesque manner typical of mid-13th century French feudal coinage. The castle motif fills the central field and is characteristic of the Tournois series issued by Alphonse de France as Count of Poitiers. A circular legend surrounds the central device, separated from the field by a beaded inner circle. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A cross pattée occupies the central field, its splayed arms extending nearly to the inner circle, a design type directly derived from the royal denier tournois of the Capetian kings. The arms of the cross divide the field into four quadrants. The reverse legend runs between the inner and outer circles, with the characteristic lettering style of mid-13th century hammered billon coinage. |
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