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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 6791399, member: 110504&quot;]Here&#039;s my Louis VII (1137-1180) of Bourges.</p><p>+LVDOVICVS REX.</p><p>+VRBS BI [/] TVRICA.&nbsp; (Duplessy 134.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272049[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272050[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Edit: )&nbsp; Since this is easily the most elaborate portrait on a Capetian coin to date, I thought it might be fun to find some contemporaneous sculpture.&nbsp; Although the cathedral at Bourges underwent a serious, very Gothic overhaul from c. 1195 into the 13th century, there are extant mural sculptures from the preceding phase of its life.&nbsp; This, and other Romanesque examples on Wikimedia Commons, aren&#039;t forthcoming regarding details, but the sculptures are clearly High Romanesque, c. earlier -mid-12th century.&nbsp; During the whole interval, along with being a bishopric, Bourges was a regional center of the Capetian royal demesne.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272100[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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