So I have a few medieval coins I'm having some trouble identifying. I've just been beating my head against the wall with these lately, so any help on these would be greatly appreciated!
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This appears to be a denier from the Bishopric of Lausanne around the 13th-14th century, resembling something like this:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces324146.htmlHowever, I haven't come across anything with the vertical line through the roof of the temple. Has anyone seen this before? Surely it's not uncommon.
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This one I have not been able to find much on. One side has a crown, and I can't tell what the letters underneath are. DX/D'X/JO'X/JOX all seem like decent guesses. On that same side, the text seems to read MARIA + ?MIPUS. On the opposite side, it seems like it says INX * MEDIO and then something else. I have not had any luck with this one at all.
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This one looks a lot like these Duchy of Savoy 1/4 Grosso from the late 1500s:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces56216.htmlhttps://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces138509.htmlOnly problem is that the text around the edges is clearly different. I have a couple of these and the FERT is clear, as are the double lines above and below. It almost looks like + EPAI LIBER * DVX and pretty clear A DOMI + on the other.
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Some of the text on the side with the cross is legible. I see SIT:NOME:DHI:DEI:H)P:XPI. In the next ring it looks like ROLUS * REX. On the opposite side, it almost looks like SAVENS + DA. I can't quite make out the features on the indside.
It kind of looks like some of these gros tournois and others:
This is the one that it looks closest to, but I'm not seeing LVDOVICVS anywhere. It appears to be someone else.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces57848.htmlThese others are similar, but the Louis appears to be the closest:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces311352.htmlhttps://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces220308.htmlhttps://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces316634.htmlhttps://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces60514.htmlThe details around the fleur de lis seem a bit different, and I can't match the text with anything.
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I haven't had a whole lot of luck with this one either. It appears French due to the fluer de lis on the portrait, but I haven't come across any French coins yet where the portrait extends through the lettering. I have seen that on some English and Spanish coins, but nothing yet French. The obverse appears to say something like CICIERG?+?S?P. On the opposite side I m seeing COMES : PRO?HLIG+.
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That's it for now. I have 5 or 6 others that I'm working on. If I don't get anywhere tomorrow, I may start putting those up as well. Thanks for looking, and thanks for any help!
Posted 09/05/2022 02:47 am
. I specialize on French coins, so the ones from Dauphine and Provence I recognized, it was just a matter of pinning down the precise attribution. The Milanese one was tougher, but I enjoy a bit of detective work 
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