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Obol - Immobilization in the name of Charles the Simple Melle
| Issuer | County of Poitou |
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| Year | 1100-1200 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ✠ CΛRLVƧ REX R (Translation: King Charles.) |
| Reverse description | Central field bears a schematic frontal portrait bust, heavily stylized and degenerate in the Carolingian tradition, depicted facing with simplified facial features and a diadem or crown indicated by angular strokes. The bust occupies the majority of the field, with the surrounding area enclosed by a beaded border. The abbreviated Latin legend MET/ΛLO, denoting the mint of Melle, is disposed in the field around or below the portrait in characteristic 12th-century feudal lettering. The flan is irregular and the strike is typical of hammered provincial coinage of the period. |
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