Solved: Help With ID Of Hammered Coin, Possibly Belgium

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ttkoo Pillar of the Community Australia 2500 Posts	Posted 12/01/2025 02:16 am Hi, I am hoping @tdzeimia or others familiar with this style of coin to chime in with any info which may nudge me in the right direction. The cross is reminiscent of some Philip The Handsome and Charles V. coin is 23mm and 1.37g The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient. Edited by ttkoo 12/01/2025 3:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff

tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7933 Posts	Posted 12/01/2025 12:32 pm Don't recognize it immediately, but will see what I can find. The legend in the left photo appears to contain ... SIGN ... ANNO Reminds me of IN HOC SIGNO VINCES which is more typical of Portuguese coins Having a hard time making out much of the lettering on the other side except what might be MAR around 5-6:00 which is more suggestive of Germany? Edited by tdziemia 12/01/2025 1:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7933 Posts	Posted 12/01/2025 1:08 pm Possibly Liege. They used this type of legend reverse, and there was a ruler named Erard de la Marck which might fit with the few letters we can see obverse. I will keep searching. Edit: No more searching: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=12382698 Edited by tdziemia 12/01/2025 1:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
ttkoo Pillar of the Community Australia 2500 Posts	Posted 12/01/2025 3:14 pm Thanks @tdziemia, Much appreciated. I had a hunch on Belgium, but you managed to home in on it. The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 12/01/2025 4:10 pm Good sleuthing, tdziemia. 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
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7933 Posts	Posted 12/02/2025 06:39 am Quote: I had a hunch on Belgium, That was a great hunch, because I did NOT recognize that cross as being typical of the royal issues of Philip or Charles (and I even skimmed through the photos in van Gelder & Hoc to be sure). The dates I have found are 1512, 1514 and 1515. You can see the digit 1 after ANNO but I don't think there is hope of seeing the other digits (the 5 has that famous "lightning bolt" shape, like a retrograde Z falling backward, as seen here). Copyright Numis.be I'll add link in this post to the Numista listing when it's created. (Edit: Now done: https://en.numista.com/536213 ) Edited by tdziemia 12/02/2025 08:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 12/02/2025 12:34 pm Well done! 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
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