Denier with shield - Robert II Dijon

Denier with shield - Robert II (Dijon) - obverseDenier with shield - Robert II (Dijon) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Duchy of Burgundy (French States)
Duke Robert II (1271-1306)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1303-1306
Value 1 Denier (1⁄240)
Currency Livre
Composition Billon (.260 - .320 silver)
Weight 0.85 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
113397
References PA# 5673,
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# 2/7,
Anatole de Barthélémy; 1848. Essai sur les monnaies des ducs de Bourgogne. Lamarche et Drouelle, Dijon, France.
Dumas# 9-11
Françoise Dumas-Dubourg; 1988. Le monnayage des ducs de Bourgogne. Séminaire de numismatique Marcel Hoc, Louvain-la-Neuve, France.

Obverse

Shield of Burgundy under two croziers.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ☩ °R° DVX BVRG ⋮ DIE

Unabridged legend: Robertus Dux Burgundie

Translation: Robert, duke of Burgundy.

Reverse

Crosswith annulet in second quarter.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ☩ DIVIONENSIS

Translation: [Denier] of Dijon.

Mint

Dijon, France

Comments

The iconography of this "digenois" denarius:
These denarii are of a new type: with an armorial shield. The same type appeared in many seigneuries at the same time. Gui de Lusignan (1303-1308) surmounted the shield with a crescent (PA, pl. LVI, n°18). The bishop of Langres, Gui de Genève (1266-1296), also adopted it, but without anything above the shield (PA, pl. CXXXV, n°17). Louis de Flandre, Count of Nevers (1296-1321) struck this type, surmounting the shield with a crescent and flanking it with two stars (PA, pl. XXXXVII, n°12).
The minting of this "digenois" denarius:
The design of these coins is more elaborate than that of the previous ones. These coins have been found in greater numbers than other Robert II coins. They were probably issued by the Florentines from 1303 onwards.Automatically translated

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