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Obol anonymous
| Issuer | County of Chartres |
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| Year | 1220-1293 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a stylized architectural or heraldic device rendered in low relief, consistent with the primitive die-cutting style typical of medieval feudal billon coinage. The design features a stepped or tiered structure, possibly representing a châtel or simplified castle motif, surmounted by a decorative cresting of triangular points along the upper border. A pellet or annulet appears to the right of the central device. The field is flat and uneven, characteristic of hammered production, with the design occupying the majority of the flan. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The County of Chartres passed to the French royal domain in 1286 when Philip IV purchased it from Jeanne de Châtillon, effectively ending independent coinage rights for the region within a generation. This anonymous obol, unattributable to a specific count, was likely struck under one of the Châtillon lords during the mid-to-late thirteenth century, a period when feudal billon coinage was under increasing pressure from Capetian monetary centralization.