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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3209150, member: 56653"]I'd like to revive this thread with an interesting and, I think, rare coin, stemming from the beginning of coinage in the area: an anonymous denier of the 990s:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]832748[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Sorry for the photo, I guess it's the British aesthetics.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>The coins comes from a British collector and is what some would call a "large denier" off cca. 21/22mm and 1.1-1.6g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Poey d'Avant lists 3 similar types (#5959-5961, p. 248) while Boudeau describes this exact type as #1753, p. 224.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why is this coin interesting?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, because it can, by the strength of the obverse monogram (interpreted by Boudeau as a <i>monogramme reverse</i> of Raoul), be ascribed to the reigns of Eudes I de Provins et Blois (975-996) and his cousin and ally Renard/Renaud de Sens (948-996/9), and as such is one of the first coinages for both Provins et Sens, before the champ/peigne and alpha and omega cross on the obverse type, which appeared around 1025-1030 (starting with Boudeau #1754) in Champagne.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3209150, member: 56653"]I'd like to revive this thread with an interesting and, I think, rare coin, stemming from the beginning of coinage in the area: an anonymous denier of the 990s: [ATTACH=full]832748[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Sorry for the photo, I guess it's the British aesthetics.[/SIZE] The coins comes from a British collector and is what some would call a "large denier" off cca. 21/22mm and 1.1-1.6g. Poey d'Avant lists 3 similar types (#5959-5961, p. 248) while Boudeau describes this exact type as #1753, p. 224. Why is this coin interesting? Well, because it can, by the strength of the obverse monogram (interpreted by Boudeau as a [I]monogramme reverse[/I] of Raoul), be ascribed to the reigns of Eudes I de Provins et Blois (975-996) and his cousin and ally Renard/Renaud de Sens (948-996/9), and as such is one of the first coinages for both Provins et Sens, before the champ/peigne and alpha and omega cross on the obverse type, which appeared around 1025-1030 (starting with Boudeau #1754) in Champagne.[/QUOTE]
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