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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |France| > ME67300
France, Provins, County of Champagne, Henry I - II, 1152 - 1197
|France|, |France,| |Provins,| |County| |of| |Champagne,| |Henry| |I| |-| |II,| |1152| |-| |1197|, The reverse design incorporates a rather clever pun. The reverse field contains a comb. When the French words for field (champs) and comb (peigne) are combined, the pun (champs-peigne) is revealed. Visual puns apparently delighted medieval man.
ME67300. Billon obol, Boudeau 1761 (Henri I, 12 Francs), Poey-dAvant 5973 var. (no V), F, Provins mint, weight 0.323g, maximum diameter 3.1mm, die axis 45o, 1152 - 1197; obverse + HENRI COMES (Count Henry), cross cantonnée, pellet in 1st and 4th quadrants, star in 2nd quadrant, and annulet in 3rd quadrant; reverse CASTRI PRVVINS (Castle Provins), comb; three wedges forming a V above, flanked on each side by annulet; scarce; SOLD











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