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Maille - Anonymous Ghent, anchor cross
| Issuer | County of Flanders (Belgian States) |
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| Year | 1259-1300 |
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| Diameter | 10.3 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a bold anchor cross — a plain cross with anchor-shaped terminals curving outward at each arm end — filling the entire field and extending nearly to the border. The four quadrants created by the cross are plain and unadorned. The coin is encircled by a simple beaded or rope border. The design is typical of small anonymous Flemish mailles of the late 13th century, emphasizing a stark geometric motif with no surrounding legend. |
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| Mint | Ghent |
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Anonymous Flemish small change from the second half of the thirteenth century, struck without a count's name at a moment when Flanders was cycling through rapid political succession — Guy of Dampierre alone fought prolonged disputes with both the French crown and his own towns over monetary authority. The absence of a named issuer on this denomination was not oversight but deliberate policy: anonymous coinages were harder for rival powers to discredit or demonetize by targeting a specific ruler's name.
Ghent's mint output in this period was considerable, and the maille was the workhorse of small retail transactions — grain markets, toll payments, petty exchange.