Groat 'Courtois' - William II of Avesnes

Issuer Hainaut, County of
Year 1344
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Groat
Currency Gros (1071-1506)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.8 g
Diameter
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hainaut#69
Obverse description H monogram of Hainaut inside a quadrilobe, a small lion inside each lobe, and a small eagle in each exterior angle. Around it, a border of one cross and eleven fleur-de-lis, each inside a double arc
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse description Cross pattée dividing interior legend
Reverse script
Reverse lettering (Interior): G ⸰CO MES hAy nOn` (Exterior): ✠ In ⋮ nOIE ⋮ PRIS ⋮ Z ⋮ FILII ⋮ Z ⋮ SPIRIT ⋮ SCI
(Translation: WIlliam, Count of Hainaut In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (1344) - -
Numisquare ID 4277455420
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