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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7789185, member: 110504&quot;]Magnificent example, [USER=116882]@Silphium Addict[/USER]. </p><p>I&#039;m just starting to get into Iberian feudal issues (only Barcelona so far, earlier and cruddier than this), and don&#039;t have anything remotely comparable.&nbsp; But I did just land this.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337017[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337019[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1337019[/ATTACH]</p><p>(My machine is not cooperating with only one pic of the reverse.)</p><p>County of Champagne, Henri I (1152-1181). Provins, issued c. 1164-81.</p><p>Obv. +HENRI COMES.</p><p>Rev.&nbsp; Comb /peigne (right, canting for &#039;Champagne&#039;).&nbsp; (From 3 o&#039;clock: )&nbsp; PRVVINS CASTRI.&nbsp; Adam 232-9; Roberts 4727, citing Poey d&#039;Avant Pl. 138: 22, but extending the issue to Henri II, 1181-97.</p><p>Haven&#039;t had one of Henri I since I was a kid.&nbsp; More than one other person has noted this, but Henri is probably the one who built the remarkable transitional donjon at Provins, known as le Tour de Cesar.&nbsp; During the same interval, Henry II d&#039;Angleterre was experimenting with comparable designs, along with other kings and counts in France.&nbsp; (From Wikipedia: )</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/0_Provins_-_Tour_C%C3%A9sar_%2810%29.JPG/800px-0_Provins_-_Tour_C%C3%A9sar_%2810%29.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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