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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5132219, member: 110504&quot;][USER=87179]@Chris B[/USER], I&#039;m waiting for someone to outtype me, but the Besancon ones, with the hand raised in blessing, were issued by the archbishopric, c. 13th c.&nbsp; (Duplessy 3024, Roberts, Silver Coins of Medieval France, 4756.)&nbsp; </p><p>Obv. +PTHOMARTIR (&#039;Protomartyr,&#039; referring to Stephen, the town&#039;s patron saint.)&nbsp; Rev. +BISVNTIVM&nbsp; (--No Kidding! Medieval Latin for &#039;Besancon.&#039;)</p><p>Of the other deniers, they&#039;re presumably Philip IV (1284-1314), with the possibility (without squinting too hard) of being Philip III (1180-1223; this issue after 1204) or III (1223-1226).&nbsp; The Louis one, best of the lot, is definitely Louis IX (1226-1270).</p><p>Obv.&nbsp; &#039;Chatel Tournois&#039; (evolved from temple motifs on Carolingian issues); +TVRONIS CIVIS; Rev. (variously) +PHIL[/L]IPVS REX; +LVDOVICVS REX.&nbsp; (Cf. Roberts pp. 129-30, with an outline and plates of the whole run.)</p><p>...Looks from here like you did good![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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