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Unique ID: IOW-0E0BC6
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Medieval silver crockard penny, continental imitation of sterling type issued by John of Louvain, Lord of Herstal (1285-1309), minted at Herstal, c. 1298-1300 AD, Mayhew type 84.
A similar coin has been recroded from Eartham Parish, West Sussex. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: SUSS-DAE943.
Notes:
Mayhew comments that this is the last substantive type of John or Louvain and very base, only about 50% silver.
Continental imitation sterlings were imported in large numbers in the 1290s, possibly in part as a response to shortage of coin in England. As they were debased and light weight they usually traded at less than a penny in value. At Christmas 1299 a royal writ decreed they should trade at a halfpenny and at Easter 1300 it was decreed they all had to be brought to the mint for re-coinage at actual silver value. Stray finds are therefore likely to have been lost before this date.
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1298
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 18.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Other reference: IOW2010-1-314
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Ruler/issuer: John I count of Louvain, lord of Herstal
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: Facing bust crowned by a chaplet of roses
Obverse inscription: [+I]OhAnnES: D[E L]OVA[nIO]
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing the legend with three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: xDnS/[ ]/ARS/TEL:
Initial mark: Missing
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mayhew, N. | 1983 | Sterling Imitations of Edwardian Type | Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 14 | 55 |