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Obole à la croix triangulée
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | A bold plain cross with wide, flat arms divides the field into four quadrants. The upper-left quadrant contains a small annulet or pellet, while the lower-right quadrant features a clearly struck globule. The cross arms extend nearly to the edge of the flan, which is irregular in outline as is characteristic of hammered obol production. No inscription or legend is present. The overall design is consistent with the reverse type associated with anonymous feudal obol coinage of medieval France. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The obole à la croix triangulée is a medieval Frankish type, struck in billon or silver at various French mints between roughly the 11th and 13th centuries. Issuing it in aluminium at 5 mm in 2025 places it firmly in the category of modern fantasy or token restrike — no French state authority has produced circulating coinage in aluminium at that diameter in any recent series.