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Obol - John I
| Issuer | Duchy of Brittany |
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| Year | 1237-1286 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ✠ IOhANNES • DVX (Translation: John, duke...) |
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John I of Brittany — known as "the Red" — ruled through a period of sustained tension between the duchy's quasi-independent nobility and the expanding authority of the French crown. His 1297 posthumous canonization as a saint, promoted by his son, was partly political theater designed to elevate Breton dynastic prestige. The billon obol, struck throughout his nearly fifty-year reign, represents the smallest denomination in his monetary output — a workhorse of local market exchange rather than of ducal ceremony.