Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Denier - William IV
| Issuer | Forcalquier, County of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1150-1209 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Denier (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A plain cross with slightly expanding arms occupies the central field, dividing it into four quarters, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The outer legend reads PROENCIE (of Provence), introduced by a cross pattée, in medieval Latin capitals. The overall design is typical of feudal Provençal deniers, with the cross serving as the principal heraldic and religious device, and the inscription identifying the county of issue. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | ✠ PROENCIE (Translation: ... of Provence.) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The counts of Forcalquier maintained a stubborn political independence from their more powerful neighbors in Provence throughout the twelfth century, and their coinage reflects exactly that posture — a deliberate assertion of comital authority through an autonomous monetary output. William IV ruled during the period when Forcalquier's rivalry with the House of Barcelona over the Provençal succession was at its most acute, culminating in the 1193 treaty that would eventually absorb the county into Provence upon the male line's extinction in 1209.
That terminal date is the coin's most telling biographical detail: this denier was struck during a dynasty's final decades.