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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3224194, member: 56653"]The coinage of Provins seems to be ending with Thibaut IV de Champagne, perhaps around the time he took the throne of Navarre in 1234:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]840051[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Until 1222 when he came of age, Thibaut was under the regency of his mother Blanche de Navarre. During the 1220s he solidified his rule in Champagne with enormous material costs. In 1234 he inherited the Kingdom of Navarre and established himself as one of the most powerful barons in France and Spain. In 1239 he conducted the "Barons Crusade" -- one of the most successful crusading endeavors since the First Crusade, which brought back into the rule of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the City of Jerusalem (such as it was by this time) and most of the territory between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea. Thibaut also remained in history as a great poet and <i>trouvere</i>. You can listen to an interpretation of one of his <i>chants de croisade</i> here:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]k-gTUUgZCQo[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>His coinage in Provins continued the traditional <i>denier ou provinois</i>, which by the 1200s was widespread not only in the whole County of Champagne but in the neighboring fiefs too. The new design with the three towers was introduced perhaps around the 1210s or even later, at the height of the <i>denier parisis</i> of Philip II Augustus of France and his bid at creating a monetary union between the Kingdom and its neighboring fiefs in northern France.</p><p><br /></p><p>In "Money and Its Use in Medieval Europe" Peter Spufford notes Champagne as one of the counties which aligned its coinage to the standard of the <i>livre parisis</i>, which most likely happened in the 1210s or 1220s under Thibaut IV and was marked by the new design in the <i>provinois</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]840058[/ATTACH]</p><p>Specs:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">AR20mm 1g <i>denier ou provinois</i>, minted at the Chateau de Provins, possibly cca. 1210-1230s (?). </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">OBV: + TEBAT COMES; Cross cantonnee, with alpha, omega and 2 crescents.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">REV: CASTRI PVVINS; Comb/field, with 3 crenelated towers above it.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">REF: Poey d'Avant #5982 p. 252; Boudeau #1765, p. 225.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p>PS: Slowly but surely, this thread is turning into one of my favorites on this board.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3224194, member: 56653"]The coinage of Provins seems to be ending with Thibaut IV de Champagne, perhaps around the time he took the throne of Navarre in 1234: [ATTACH=full]840051[/ATTACH] Until 1222 when he came of age, Thibaut was under the regency of his mother Blanche de Navarre. During the 1220s he solidified his rule in Champagne with enormous material costs. In 1234 he inherited the Kingdom of Navarre and established himself as one of the most powerful barons in France and Spain. In 1239 he conducted the "Barons Crusade" -- one of the most successful crusading endeavors since the First Crusade, which brought back into the rule of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the City of Jerusalem (such as it was by this time) and most of the territory between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea. Thibaut also remained in history as a great poet and [I]trouvere[/I]. You can listen to an interpretation of one of his [I]chants de croisade[/I] here: [MEDIA=youtube]k-gTUUgZCQo[/MEDIA] His coinage in Provins continued the traditional [I]denier ou provinois[/I], which by the 1200s was widespread not only in the whole County of Champagne but in the neighboring fiefs too. The new design with the three towers was introduced perhaps around the 1210s or even later, at the height of the [I]denier parisis[/I] of Philip II Augustus of France and his bid at creating a monetary union between the Kingdom and its neighboring fiefs in northern France. In "Money and Its Use in Medieval Europe" Peter Spufford notes Champagne as one of the counties which aligned its coinage to the standard of the [I]livre parisis[/I], which most likely happened in the 1210s or 1220s under Thibaut IV and was marked by the new design in the [I]provinois[/I]. [ATTACH=full]840058[/ATTACH] Specs: [SIZE=3]AR20mm 1g [I]denier ou provinois[/I], minted at the Chateau de Provins, possibly cca. 1210-1230s (?). OBV: + TEBAT COMES; Cross cantonnee, with alpha, omega and 2 crescents. REV: CASTRI PVVINS; Comb/field, with 3 crenelated towers above it. REF: Poey d'Avant #5982 p. 252; Boudeau #1765, p. 225. [/SIZE] PS: Slowly but surely, this thread is turning into one of my favorites on this board.[/QUOTE]
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