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Obol Coronat Reforciat - Robert of Anjou
| Issuer | Provence, County of |
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| Year | 1309-1343 |
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| Currency | Livre |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the royal monogram 'ROB/T' surmounted by a crown, rendered in the characteristic Gothic style of the Angevin coinage. The abbreviated name references Robert of Anjou, Count of Provence and King of Jerusalem and Sicily. A circular Latin legend surrounds the crowned monogram, separated from the central device by an inner ring. The strike is irregular, as typical of hammered billon issues of this period, with portions of the legend occasionally weak or off-flan. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Robert of Anjou ruled Provence as count while simultaneously holding the Neapolitan throne, and his Provençal coinage reflects the administrative separation of the two territories — each with its own monetary system operating in parallel. The obol coronat reforciat belongs to a series of reinforced small change introduced to address chronic debasement of earlier petty coinage, the "reforciat" designation signaling an improved billon standard rather than a distinct denomination.
Rolland's die study identifies meaningful variation across the type's long production window, which stretched across three and a half decades of his reign.