Record ID: LANCUM-ACBAC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval hammered silver sterling copy of John the Blind dating from c. AD1309-1346. Metcalf 263h-j. Crowned bust facing. +EDWENEPOLONYEREX. long cross dividing legend with pellets in angles IOh' NESD EIG RAC. The diameter is 16mm and the weight .84g. John received Luxemburg from his father Henry VII, the newly elected king of the Romans, late in 1309. In August 1310 he acquired the throne, through his marriage with the Princess Elizabeth, of Bohemia. Though he struck no sterlings there, his Bohemian title appears on the sterlings struck at various mints in his county of Luxemburg.[..…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2010
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2012
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