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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 8241497, member: 110504&quot;]I&#039;m mostly done with kings of France after Philippe III (1270-85), but I like the early Capetians.&nbsp; Since the reigns were numbered from the Carolingians, why not start there?&nbsp; Louis I, 814-840, &#039;temple&#039; denier:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450639[/ATTACH] </p><p>Louis IV, 936-954, denier of Langres, or an early immobilization (in both cases, you can see most of &#039;HLVDOVICVS,&#039; effectively a compromise between the lingering Germanic orthography and the medieval Latin):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450645[/ATTACH] </p><p>Louis VI, 1108-1137, two varieties from Etampes.&nbsp; On the first one, from 6 o&#039;clock, the &#039;STAMPIS CASTELLVM&#039; is relatively clear.&nbsp; --Yes, the obverse motif is based on the longstanding feudal issue of Le Mans, with the initial &#039;E&#039; for the original &#039;ERBERTVS&#039; monogram:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450667[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450678[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450674[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450675[/ATTACH] </p><p>...And here&#039;s my Bourges denier of Louis VII:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450679[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450681[/ATTACH] </p><p>Fast-forward, past the deniers parisis and tournois (most of which I don&#039;t have pics of anyway), this is my gros tournois of Louis IX, from the end of his reign, c. 1266-1270.&nbsp; Possibly, in part, celebrating the completion of La Sainte-Chapelle.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450684[/ATTACH] </p><p>--Oops, out of uploads!&nbsp; ...You don&#039;t <i>get </i>carried away on <i>purpose</i>....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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