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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1335A

Brabant, Lordship of Herstal, John Tristan of Leuven-Gaesbeek (1285-1309), Sterling "à la tête", Rutten/Russon [Limburg], + o IOhES o DE o LOVANIO o smiling bust facing, wearing floral garland, rev. MOnET hARSTEL, no stops in legend, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.312g [20.25grns], 2h, i.m. cross pattee (Site Reference [B3]; Mayhew 81; van de Chijs VIII, 1.9; Chautard XI, 5; Lucas 11b; Dengis 04.01.3); also, Bishopric of Cambrai, William of Avesnes and Hainaut (1285-1296), Sterling, + GVILLS : EPISCOPVS, colon stops, smiling bust facing, wearing rose garland, rev. CAM-ERA-CEN-SIS, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.289g [19.89grns], 8h (Site Reference [B5]; Mayhew 88; Boudeau 2011; Robert 6/3); also, Gelderland, County of Guelders and Zutphen, Reginald I (Renaud I) (1271-1326), Sterling, c. 1290, Arnhem, COMES • GL • REN'C•IS, rev. CIVITAS ARNEYM, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.308g [20.19grns], 7h (Site Reference [B3]; Mayhew 184), a notably rare find for Britain with only four single finds documented across the Portable Antiquities Scheme; also, Bishop of Tours, Thomas of Boulemont, Sterling, crowned bust facing, rev. long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 0.813g [12.55grns], 4h (Site Reference [B2]; Mayhew 318); also, Edward I, Count of Bar (1302-1336), Sterling, 1320-1336, Saint-Mihiel, + EDWAR CVENS DE BAR, crowned bust facing, rev. MONET SMICAEL, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.121g [17.30grns], 8h (Site Reference [L1.F4.13(14)]; Mayhew 327); also, Lordship of Florennes, Gaucher V of Châtillon, Count of Porcien (1303-1329), Sterling, 1313-1322, Yves [Nouvelle-Aquitaine], + GAVChS COMES PORC, crowned bust facing, rev. MONET N|OVA YVE, V over O, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.189g [18.35grns], 3h (Site Reference [B2]; Mayhew 237); another, type D, in the style of Class 10cf2, "London", + EDW R ANGL DNS hYB, crowned bust facing, rev. CIVITAS LONDON, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.194g [18.43grns], 7h (Site Reference [B4]); lastly, John II of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut and Holland (1280–1304), Sterling, + I : COMES : hAnOnIE, double saltire stoprs, lombardic Ns, garlanded bust facing, rev. VAL ENC hEn EnS, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.389g [21.44grns], 10h, m.m. cross (Site Reference: [Blue 49]; Mayhew 24), variable field patina and spots of superficial verdigris where baser fabric, some crimped, or heavily circulated, otherwise generally fine to very fine for strike, an impressive assemblage of Crockards and Pollards that plagued the English economy in the decades surrounding the onsert of the 14th Century (8)

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Estimate
£100 to £200

Starting price
£100