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Tournois obol - Wenceslaus I
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1355-1383 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | A small pattée cross occupies the central field, enclosed within a continuous beaded inner circle. The ducal legend runs in the annular space between the beaded circle and the outer toothed border, rendered in uncial lettering. The overall design follows the standard Tournois obol typology, with the cross serving as the primary device. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Wenceslaus I ruled Luxembourg during a period of aggressive territorial expansion, acquiring Brabant by marriage in 1355 — the same year this issue begins. The tournois obol copies the French denier tournois prototype that had circulated widely since Louis IX's reforms of the 1260s, a design Luxembourg moneyers borrowed deliberately to facilitate trade in the economically tangled Low Countries border regions.
Billon struck at this weight tends to survive in poor condition; the alloy's low silver content accelerated surface corrosion in circulation, and survivors with readable legends are considerably scarcer than raw numbers suggest.