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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-ADE72D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Continental sterling imitation (a crockard) of John II of Avesnes, count of Hainaut (1280-1304) and count of Holland (1299-1304), dating from AD1290 - 1300. The mint is Mons (now in present-day Belgium). Mayhew 34.
Obv: IOHS COMES [H]ANONIE / forward facing bust wearing a chaplet of roses.
Rev: MONETA M[O]NTES / long cross pattee dividing the legend, with three pellets in each angle.
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1290
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 19 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: John II of Avesnes count of Hainaut (1280-1304) count of Holland (1299-1304)
Mint or issue place: Mons
Type: Edwardian imitation: John II of Avesnes for Hainaut at Mons (M 33-36)
Obverse description: A forward facing bust wearing a chaplet of roses.
Obverse inscription: IOHS COMES HANONIE
Reverse description: A long cross pattee dividing the legend, with three pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: MONETA MONTES
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Torksey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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