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Double parisis / double tournois
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1351-1364 |
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| Currency | Livre tournois (987-1795) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the abbreviated royal name and title IOHANNES REX FRANCORV in two lines beneath a prominent fleur-de-lis, rendered in Gothic uncial lettering. The fleur-de-lis, emblem of the French royal house, is positioned above the two-line inscription, dominating the upper portion of the flan. The legend encircles the design, partially visible along the irregular periphery of this hammered billon piece. The overall composition is characteristic of mid-14th-century French royal coinage issued under Jean II le Bon. |
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| Reverse description | Central device consists of a long Latin cross whose three upper arms each terminate in fleurs-de-lis (croix recercelee fleurdelisee), a motif emblematic of the Capetian dynasty and frequently employed on French royal billon coinage of the 14th century. The lower arm of the cross extends to the rim, dividing the field. The circular legend MONETA DVPLEX, introduced by a cross pattee, runs along the periphery in Gothic uncial characters, identifying the denomination as a double denier. The flan is irregular and the strike weak in places, consistent with hammered production of this period. |
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Issued under John II, whose reign was defined by the financial catastrophe of the Hundred Years' War and his own capture at Poitiers in 1356. The ransom demand — three million gold écus — forced the French crown into a cycle of monetary debasements so aggressive that billon coinage from this period shifted composition repeatedly, sometimes within a single year. This piece falls within that window of chronic manipulation.
The absence of a Dy royales or LP reference number suggests it remains unattributed in the standard corpora — worth flagging for specialists working the John II billon series.