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Description: | A silver French Gros Tournois likely to be of Philip III, 1270-1285, or Philip IV, 1285-1314. This example is slightly worn and appears to have been clipped.
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The Gros Tournai was introduced in 1266 by Louis IX, it was the first heavy silver coin to be struck north of the Alps. It was of pure silver weighed 4.22g and was worth exactly 12 deniers tournois. Its design was basically that of the denier, but the chatel side was surrounded with a border of 12 ovoids each containing a fleur de lis- the number was perhaps intended to indicate the value-and the cross side by a religious invocation. The Gros Tournois was a success, it was minted in huge quantities by St Louis and his two successors, Philip III and Philip IV (Gierson, 1991, 114-115). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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