Little Denier - Robert II

Little Denier - Robert II - obverseLittle Denier - Robert II - reverse

© Charles Travaillant

Features

Issuer Duchy of Burgundy (French States)
Duke Robert II (1271-1306)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1272-1299
Value 1 Little Denier (1⁄360)
Currency Livre
Composition Billon
Weight 0.6 g
Diameter 16.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
106382
References PA# 5672,
Faustin Poey d'Avant; 1858. Monnaies féodales de France / Tome 1. Anjou, Auvergne, Berri, Bourbonnais, Bretagne, France, Limousin, Maine, Nivernais, Normandie, Perche, Touraine, Velay. Rollin et Feuardent, Paris, France.
And 2 more volumes.
Barth# 2/12,
Anatole de Barthélémy; 1848. Essai sur les monnaies des ducs de Bourgogne. Lamarche et Drouelle, Dijon, France.
Dumas# 9-6
Françoise Dumas-Dubourg; 1988. Le monnayage des ducs de Bourgogne. Séminaire de numismatique Marcel Hoc, Louvain-la-Neuve, France.

Obverse

R above two croziers.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
R
☩ DVX BVRG ⋮ DIE

Translation: Robert, duke of Burgundy.

Reverse

Cross with a sun in second.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ☩ DIVIONENSIS

Translation: [Little Denier] of Dijon.

Mint

Dijon, France

Comments

On the reverse, the sun in the canton of the cross links this coin to other Robert coins: the double, the denier with the annulus above a crescent and a sun.
The modulus and weight of these coins place them between the deniers and oboles, none of which under Robert II or before him for the Duchy of Burgundy reached this modulus. They could be "digenois petiz", three of which were worth two "viennois" between 1278 and 1282.Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1272-1299) 

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