Issuer | County of Hainaut (French States) |
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Count |
John II (Jan II) (1280-1304)
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Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 1280-1290 |
Value | 1 Sterling = ⅓ Groat |
Currency | Gros (1071-1506) |
Composition | Silver |
Weight | 1.36 g |
Diameter | 19.5 mm |
Shape | Round (irregular) |
Technique | Hammered |
Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
Demonetized | Yes |
Number | N# 95647 |
References |
Hainaut# 36,
Rénier Hubert Ghislain Chalon; 1852. Recherches sur les monnaies des comtes de Hainaut / Supplément 1. La Librairie Polytechnique d'Auguste Decq, Brussels, Belgium.
Boudeau# 2096, And 2 more volumes.
Émile Boudeau; 2002. Catalogue général illustré et à prix marqués des monnaies françaises provinciales (4th edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.
Mayhew Sterling# 24
Nicholas J. Mayhew; 1983. Sterling imitations of Edwardian type. Royal Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom.
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Bust of count facing forward, wearing crown of roses
Script: Latin
Lettering: ✠ ⁑ I ⁑ COMЄS ⁑ hAnOnIЄ .
Unabridged legend: Iohannes comes Hanonie
Translation: John, Count of Hainaut
Long cross pattée dividing legend, a group of three pellets in each angle
Script: Latin
Lettering: VAL-ЄnC-hЄn-ЄnS’
Translation: Valenciennes
The "esterlin a la tete" was also struck at Mons and Maubege (see links). The Valenciennes type has been estimated to date from circa 1290.
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ND (1280-1290) |
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