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1/2 Sterling - Guy of Dampierre
| Issuer | Namur, County of |
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| Year | 1263-1297 |
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| Value | 1/2 Esterlin (⅙) |
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| Reverse description | A bold long double cross extends to the coin's edge, dividing the reverse into four quarters. Each angle formed by the arms of the cross contains a raised trefoil ornament within a beaded inner circle. The issuer's abbreviated name and title legend intersects the arms of the cross in the outer field. |
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| Reverse lettering | GM AR Ch IO (Translation: Guy, Marquis) |
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Guy of Dampierre held Namur from 1263 until ceding it to Philip IV of France in 1298 under financial duress, making this issue a product of the county's final decades of meaningful independence. The half sterling denomination reflects the deliberate imitation of English sterling coinage then circulating widely across the Low Countries — a pragmatic response to the commercial dominance of English silver in Flemish trade networks during the latter thirteenth century.
At 0.47g, these were struck to a fractional standard that saw heavy attrition in circulation, and survivors are correspondingly scarce.