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Liard - Peter II of Bourbon
| Issuer | Dombes, Principality of |
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| Year | 1488-1503 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ PETRVS.DVX.BORBO.T (Translation: Peter, duke of Bourbon.) |
| Reverse description | A bold cross pattée occupies the full field, with a trefoil or clover-leaf ornament placed in each of the four angles formed by the arms of the cross. The cross arms extend nearly to the beaded inner circle. The surrounding Latin legend, invoking a benediction upon the name of the Lord, runs continuously around the periphery, separated from the central device by a beaded border. |
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Peter II ruled Dombes as a client prince of the French crown, and his coinage reflects the awkward position of a lord whose monetary rights were technically sovereign but practically constrained by royal pressure from Paris. The liard denomination was introduced in France proper under Louis XI as a deliberately debased small change to flood provincial markets — Dombes, like other principalities, followed suit to remain competitive in local circulation rather than cede the small-denomination trade entirely to royal issues.
Billon fabric on surviving examples tends toward the copper-heavy end, consistent with the broader debasement trend across French feudal coinage in the 1490s.