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Denier - William Sancho
| Issuer | County of Bordeaux |
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| Year | 977-997 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (1⁄240) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a monogram, likely a Carolingian-style cipher, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The letters appear to form an interlaced or composite character referencing the mint or the issuer's title, surrounded by the outer legend + BVDEGAL denoting Bordeaux. The flan is irregularly shaped and the relief is bold but uneven, characteristic of feudal hammered deniers of this period. |
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William Sancho ruled Gascony during a period when Carolingian central authority had collapsed entirely, leaving regional lords to mint on their own initiative with minimal oversight. The County of Bordeaux operated in an uncomfortable borderland — nominally within the French kingdom but functionally answerable to nobody in particular, which is precisely why coinage like this exists at all.
Dy féodales 1006 places this squarely in the feudal minting tradition of southwestern France, where dozens of local authorities struck silver on inconsistent weights and fineness during the late tenth century.