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Douzain of Dauphine - Francis I 9th type
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1515-1540 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A plain Latin cross occupies the central field, with two crowned Gothic letter F's (for Franciscus) placed in diagonally opposite angles of the cross, a design typical of Francis I billon coinage. The remaining two angles are left plain. A beaded inner circle separates the central motif from the surrounding circular legend. The peripheral inscription SIT NOMEN DNI BENEDICTV (Blessed be the name of the Lord) runs around the outer border, partially abbreviated due to space constraints. The overall composition follows the standard hammered douzain format of the period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The douzain — worth twelve deniers — was the workhorse of French small silver coinage throughout the sixteenth century, and Francis I overhauled the type repeatedly across his reign, producing a bewildering succession of variants that catalogers have never fully resolved into clean sequence. This ninth type of the Dauphiné issue reflects the administrative distinctiveness of that province, which retained its own monetary workshop at Grenoble even after its absorption into the French crown in 1349. The Ciani gap is telling: the type fell through the cracks of that reference entirely, making Duplessy the essential authority here.