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Description: | Silver hammered coin. Continental Sterling imitation. A pollard of John of Avesnes dating from c. AD1280-1304Obv: +I COMES hANONIE; bust facing with rose garland Rev: VAL ENC hEN ENS; long cross with pellets in angles. Mayhew No. 24The mint is Valenciennes in Hainaut. It is suggested that Valenciennes struck the earliest Hainaut sterlings c. AD1290-1, was closed during the rebellion of the town against John of Avesnes, 1291-7, and was then reopened in 1297 as documents show.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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