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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 4875778, member: 56653"]I have posted this grand denier before -- first to [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER] 's Fair thread and then to the thread about unattributed buys -- but it fits well here for the end of the 10th century:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177646[/ATTACH]</p><p>Anonymous issue for Provins et Sens, around the reigns of Eudes I de Blois (Count of Provins ca. 975-996) and Renard I de Sens (Count of Sens 948-996)</p><p>AR21mm, 1.07g, grand denier, minted at the Chateau de Provins(?), 996-999.</p><p>+ PSDIVNS CATO; monogram with strong vertical bar, croisette and annulets in the right field, horizontal E over crescent in the left field.</p><p>+ SENONS CIVI; cross.</p><p>cf. Poey d'Avant #5959-5961, p. 248; Boudeau #1753, p. 224.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one shows a variation (degeneree) of the monogram of Raoul on a coinage minted in the very late 10th century for Provins and Sens, in the very early stages of feudal coinage in the general area of Champagne, before the introduction of the champ + peigne (field + comb) that would become so famous and well-established in the 11th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>A similar specimen <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3956688" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3956688" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 4875778, member: 56653"]I have posted this grand denier before -- first to [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER] 's Fair thread and then to the thread about unattributed buys -- but it fits well here for the end of the 10th century: [ATTACH=full]1177646[/ATTACH] Anonymous issue for Provins et Sens, around the reigns of Eudes I de Blois (Count of Provins ca. 975-996) and Renard I de Sens (Count of Sens 948-996) AR21mm, 1.07g, grand denier, minted at the Chateau de Provins(?), 996-999. + PSDIVNS CATO; monogram with strong vertical bar, croisette and annulets in the right field, horizontal E over crescent in the left field. + SENONS CIVI; cross. cf. Poey d'Avant #5959-5961, p. 248; Boudeau #1753, p. 224. This one shows a variation (degeneree) of the monogram of Raoul on a coinage minted in the very late 10th century for Provins and Sens, in the very early stages of feudal coinage in the general area of Champagne, before the introduction of the champ + peigne (field + comb) that would become so famous and well-established in the 11th century. A similar specimen [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3956688']here[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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