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Denier - William II
| Issuer | Bishopric of Châlons |
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| Year | 1215-1226 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the word PAX superimposed upon an arrow or lance, rendered in uncial lettering characteristic of early 13th-century episcopal coinage. The device is enclosed within an inner circle, with the circumferential legend reading PAX ✠ GVLL`ER EPISCOP`, identifying William as bishop. The lettering is bold and irregular, typical of hammered billon deniers of the period. The flan is irregular in shape and shows the characteristic unevenness of hand-struck medieval coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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William II held the see of Châlons-sur-Marne during a period when episcopal minting rights in Champagne were under sustained pressure from the counts, who were steadily consolidating financial control over the region's lucrative fair towns. That the bishopric maintained its own coinage through this decade reflects a tenacious defense of privileges rooted in Carolingian grants.
PA#6044 is among the scarcer documented episcopal issues from the Marne diocese, with surviving examples thinly spread across French institutional collections.