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Groschen - Charles of Blois
| Issuer | Limoges, Viscounty of |
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| Year | 1360-1364 |
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| Diameter | 29 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ✠ KO DEI GRACIA ✠ BNDICTV : SIT : NOME : DNI : NRI : DEI : IHV : XPI (Translation: Charles, by the grace of God... Blessed be the name of our lord Jesus Christ.) |
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Charles of Blois struck coinage as Duke of Brittany during his long struggle against John de Montfort for control of the duchy — a conflict that ran for over two decades as a proxy war between France and England. His capture at La Roche-Derrien in 1347 left him a prisoner in England for nine years, and his eventual release required a ransom that strained Breton finances severely. The Limoges issues fall within the final years of his claim, ending with his death at the Battle of Auray in 1364.