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France, Provincial. Chinon-Tours. Struck after 954 AD.
 * AR Denier (1.48 gm, 9h).
 * TVRON, crude diademed and draped bust right
 * +CAINONI CASTRO, short voided cross.
 * Poey d'Avant 1669; Roberts 5051; Depeyrot 322.

The first coins from Chinon, deniers with the name and portrait of Louis IV of France (936–954; Depeyrot 318), were replaced by anonymous portrait issues on the standard of the Tours deniers, the trade coin of medieval France. This coin was the prototype for a long series of increasingly degenerate portrait coins that were struck in numerous locations through the 13th century.

Modified from commons:Image:Denier_Chinon_954.jpg. Originally from CNG coins, through Wildwinds.