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Denier - William I de la Roche Thebes mint
| Issuer | Duchy of Athens |
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| Year | 1280-1287 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | A cross pattée occupies the central field, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The cross arms extend nearly to the inner border, with slightly flared terminals characteristic of the pattée form. A Latin circular legend reading +:G:DVX*ATENES surrounds the inner circle, identifying the issuer as Duke of Athens. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, typical of hammered medieval billon coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | :+G:DVX*ATENES |
| Reverse description | A stylised castle tournois — depicted as a three-towered fortification — occupies the upper portion of the central field, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. Beneath the castle appears a horizontal bar or portcullis element, consistent with the Tournois castle type derived from the denier tournois of France. A Latin circular legend reading +:THEBE*CIVIS surrounds the inner circle, identifying the city of Thebes as the place of issue. The overall design closely imitates the French denier tournois, adapted for feudal Frankish Greece. |
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