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Quaternial or ⅓ Groschen - Joanna and Louis
| Issuer | County of Provence (French States) |
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| Year | 1349-1362 |
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| Weight | 1.45 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large royal crown surmounted by a prominent fleur-de-lys, rendered in bold relief characteristic of mid-14th-century Provençal hammered coinage. Beneath the crown, the inscription REX appears in Gothic uncial letters within the crown's lower band. The design is enclosed within a plain inner circle, with the peripheral legend occupying the outer margin. The style reflects the Franco-Angevin artistic tradition of the period. |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross pattée centered in the field, its four cantons each occupied by a fleur-de-lys in relief, forming a symmetrical quartered composition typical of Angevin feudal coinage. The design is contained within a plain inner circle, with the circumferential legend disposed in the outer margin. The execution is characteristic of hammered silver coinage of 14th-century Provence, with the fleurs-de-lys alluding to the Angevin royal pretensions to the thrones of Jerusalem and Sicily. |
| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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