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Obol - Raymond I
| Issuer | Viscounty of Narbonne |
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| Year | 966-1023 |
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| Value | 1 Obol (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a group of four large globules arranged in a lozenge-like cluster, with a smaller annulet or pellet visible among them, all set within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend NARBONA occupies the outer annulus in coarse, uneven Roman capitals. The type is typical of late tenth- to early eleventh-century southern French feudal issues, reflecting the simplified abstract iconography common to viscounty coinage of Languedoc. The flan is irregular and slightly buckled, as expected for a hammered billon obol of this era. |
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Raymond I governed Narbonne during a period when Carolingian monetary authority had effectively dissolved, leaving regional lords to strike on their own initiative with minimal oversight. The Narbonnaise issues of this period are among the more elusive of the southern French feudal series — small, lightly silvered, and struck in quantities that never approached the output of the great ecclesiastical mints to the north. The Dy féodales reference itself treats the type with notable brevity, reflecting how little documentary evidence survives for the viscounty's minting operations during Raymond's tenure.