Help Needed Identifying Renaissance/Medieval European Coin

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rknubben New Member Netherlands 5 Posts	Posted 10/30/2019 3:41 pm Hi all, Last week I found a coin on a field near Maastricht, which has seen various battles from the 15th until the 18th century. Most notably a siege in 1579 (Spanish forces), and two sieges by Dutch/French/English forces during the second half of the 17 century. The coin appears to have a lion in the upper right and lower left quadrant, which is consistent with a Spanish coin, however, the rest does not appear to match. Does anybody have any idea what this is? * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * thanks, Richard Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/30/2019 3:58 pm to CCF. Give it a bit and members will help you. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190135 Posts	Posted 10/30/2019 4:03 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
erafjel Pillar of the Community Sweden 2124 Posts	Posted 10/30/2019 4:12 pm It looks like a liard from Liege, here are some from Numista: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/in...=&tb=y&cat=y Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7968 Posts	Posted 10/30/2019 4:13 pm At first glance, it looks like an 18th century bronze liard. I know these were made in Liege, maybe also other states in this area. I will dig a bit more. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7968 Posts	Posted 10/30/2019 4:20 pm Ha! Sniped by erafjel! I think the shield shape and date location (your second photo is upside down) makes it this one: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5432.html 1752. The lozenges in the other two quadrants of the shield are those of Bavaria as the cardinal of Liege under whom the coin was issued was Jean-Theodore of Bavaria. Edited by tdziemia 10/30/2019 4:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff
rknubben New Member Netherlands 5 Posts	Posted 10/31/2019 02:16 am Hi all, Thank you very much for your inputs, I was not expecting such lightening speed expert responses. Thanks! Richard Report this Post to the Staff
erafjel Pillar of the Community Sweden 2124 Posts	Posted 10/31/2019 08:03 am tdziemia is the expert here, I was just lucky Report this Post to the Staff
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