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sid7774 New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 10/13/2006 4:26 pm Image: Image00001.jpg 31.57 KB Image: Image00002.jpg 32.15 KB Edited by sid7774 10/13/2006 4:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff

pat44 Valued Member Canada 96 Posts	Posted 10/13/2006 7:47 pm Hmmm..i think it's french...this is what I think it is..but I'm not 100 percent sure: Comte de Hainaut Seigneurie de florennes Gaucher de Chatillon (1346-1322) A/Tete de face couronnee R/Croix cantonnee de 12 globules . Estertain- AR Ref: B.2171 English: County of Hainaut Seigeneurie(is someone like a Lord) Of Florennes. Gaucher de Chatillon is a french military..that's his name...and 1346-1322..is probably for how long he ruled. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauche...%C3%A2tillon Obverse : His head crowned Reverse : A cross with 12 confined globules Edited by pat44 10/13/2006 7:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
pat44 Valued Member Canada 96 Posts	Posted 10/13/2006 7:58 pm Ok..here's a coin like yours : http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/vso/v17/...iesb736.html But he is crowned on this coin...on yours he is not Edited by pat44 10/13/2006 8:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 10/13/2006 10:47 pm Well, the general design of a facing portrait one side and long cross with three pellets on the other was common at the time - mostly copying the design of English hammered coins. The city named on the reverse (the "cross side" seems to be MEL ?D IEN SIS, "Melnodiensis" or some variant. I'm having trouble getting a match... the closest I've found is "Meldensis" for Meaux, France, but I haven't a detailed reference to know if that was a mint-city at the time in question. But I'd say it's definitely not an English mint. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
sid7774 New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 10/14/2006 08:48 am why would there be no crown Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 10/15/2006 01:39 am Not sure. It could be an ecclesiastical issue? Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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