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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4942441, member: 56653&quot;]One of the classics of medieval France, the denier parisis of Louis VII:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1188125[/ATTACH]</p><p>AR20mm 1.05g billon denier parisis du 3eme type, minted in the City of Paris, cca. 1140s.</p><p>+ PARISII CIVIS; cross pattee;</p><p>LVDOVICVS RƎX; FRA/NCO (in reverse/en boustrophédon) in field</p><p>Duplessy 146, Ciani 182, Lafaurie 139.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ciani assumed that this type with the legend LVDOVICVS REX was minted in the reign of Louis IX, Duplessy is certain that this denier parisis du 3eme type should be attributed to Louis VII, possibly minted to finance his campaign in the Second Crusade (1147-1149).</p><p><br /></p><p>This specimen has the Ǝ variation in LVDOVICVS REX; a similar specimens <a href="https://www.colleconline.com/fr/items/6777/monnaie-france-royale-louis-vii-denier-parisis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/fr/items/6777/monnaie-france-royale-louis-vii-denier-parisis" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="https://www.cgb.fr/louis-vii-le-jeune-denier-parisis-n-d-paris-tb,bry_276556,a.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cgb.fr/louis-vii-le-jeune-denier-parisis-n-d-paris-tb,bry_276556,a.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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