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Denier tournois - Philippe III dit 'le Hardi'
| Issuer | Kingdom of France |
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| Year | 1270-1280 |
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| Weight | 1.127 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the Chatel tournois, the stylized representation of the tower of the castle of Tours, rendered in the characteristic Capetian denier tournois manner with a central tower flanked by turrets, all above a decorative base composed of small pellets and radiating lines. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding Latin legend reads + TVRONVS CIVIS, meaning 'City of Tours', referencing the mint city and the coin's tournois type. The entire composition reflects the long-standing iconographic tradition of the denier tournois introduced at Tours and adopted by the royal mint. |
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Philippe III inherited the tournois denier from his father Louis IX, who had systematically extended the coin's circulation zone at the direct expense of local baronial currencies. The type had originated at the abbey of Saint-Martin de Tours before the Crown absorbed it, and by Philippe's reign it functioned as the dominant small denomination across a kingdom still integrating recently absorbed territories like the County of Toulouse. Philippe III's own monetary policy was largely conservative — he made no dramatic breaks with the established billon standard his father had refined.
Dy royales 204 places this emission within a decade marked by ongoing debasement pressure, the silver content already well below half.