COIN

Unique ID: LVPL-8CD314

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

Mayhew 292: a sterling imitation of either Stephen (1280-1306) or John (1306-26) of Sancerre. Mayhew (p. 115) says: "The curious circumstances surrounding the medieval mistake which led Sancerre to think of itself as Sacrum Caesaris have been untangled for us by Michael Dhenin, who has explained how the Sterlings of this county come to bear the uninformative legends NOMEN IULIUS CESAR and SACRUM CESARI. The problem of attribution to a particular count remains. Chautard gives these coins to count Stephen, arguing that it was when he visited the Low Countries with the armies of Philip the Fair, in 1302-5, that he was introduced to the idea of sterling imitation. But Stephen seems to have been dead by 1306 and the first decade of the 14th century was not a period noted for its sterling imitations. These coins are known from the relatively early sterling hoards of Boyton and Tutbury, as well as Crathes and Kirial, and as an isolated find from Olivet (Loiret). Accordingly county John, 1306-26, is a likely contender. In the later case, however, we have still to find an explanation for the appearance of sterling in Berry, in Central France, far from the usual centres of imitation sterling production. The coins are of three types (290-292), all with a pellet or trefoil on breast."

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.64 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 17 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with pellet on breast. .
Obverse inscription: +NOMENIVL lis IVUSCESAR
Reverse description: long cross dividing legend.
Reverse inscription: SAC/RVM/CES/ARI
Initial mark: Cross Pattée
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair