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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4987803, member: 56653&quot;]Here is a later obole:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1198300[/ATTACH] </p><p>RAOUL II de CLERMONT-NESLE (1268-1293/1302) as Seigneur de NESLE (1286-1302), Grand Chamberlain of FRANCE (1283-1302) and Constable of FRANCE (1285-1302)</p><p>AR15mm, 0.56g, billon obole tournois, minted at Chateaudun, cca. 1285-1286(?).</p><p>+ RADVLFVS VICONS; cross pomettee, dot in 2nd quarter and small chateau in 3rd quarter</p><p>CASTR + I DVNI (legends starting at 7 o&#039;clock); Chateau tournois fleurdelise surmounted by cross, standing over upside down crescent with dot inside.</p><p>Boudeau 258, Poey d&#039;Avant 1879 p 258, Pl. XXXIX 9.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Raoul de Clermont was one of the generals who followed Louis IX to Tunis in the Eighth Crusade, and later on he served as a general for kings Philip III and IV against different revolts in the realm, and most importantly in the Flemish Wars. </p><p>He died in the Battle of the Golden Spurs trying to squash the Flemish revolt in 1302, together with his brother Guy and Robert II d&#039;Artois.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the Chateau Chateaudun, his possession de jure uxoris with Alix de Dreux, were minted billon deniers and oboles tournois in his name, until around 1290/93(?). He ruled as Viscount of Chateaudun with Alix until her death in 1293, after which he served as regent for their minor son Guillaume. </p><p><br /></p><p>This specimen is very rare, possibly a special issue, with the small chateau in the 3rd quarter of the obverse. The significance of this small chateau is unknown, but it might suggest the favor Raoul enjoyed at the royal French Court as Grand Chamberlain and Constable and his hold on the ancestral realm of the family, the Seigneurie de Nesle. If so, this would help in narrowing the date for this rare issue around 1285 or 1286 when Raoul was at the peak of his prestige and military might.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar specimen <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6699707" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6699707" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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