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Obole - Philippe Ier Mâcon, 2e type
| Issuer | Kingdom of France |
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| Year | 1060-1108 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a large, prominent S-shaped letter within a beaded inner circle, flanked by two pellets on either side, a device associated with the city of Mâcon and likely referencing Saint Vincent, patron of the town. The surrounding legend reads * MΛTISCON, the Latinized form of Mâcon, indicating the mint of issue. The lettering is irregular and partially retrograde in places, typical of provincial Capetian hammered coinage of the late 11th century. The flan edges are uneven, with slight metal flow visible around the periphery. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Philip I inherited a French crown that controlled remarkably little of what it nominally ruled — the Capetian royal domain in the 1060s was a narrow strip around Paris and Orléans, hemmed in by more powerful vassals on every side. The comté of Mâcon had passed through Burgundian hands before coming under greater royal influence, and coinage struck there under Philip's authority reflects that fragmented feudal reality: local mints operated with significant autonomy, producing issues that varied substantially in execution even within a single type classification.
The second-type designation distinguishes this issue from the earlier Mâconnais production on specific die and stylistic grounds documented in the Duplessy sequence.