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Maille - Philip I of Alsace Ieper mint
| Issuer | Flanders, County of |
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| Year | 1168-1180 |
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| Weight | 0.35 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a shield charged with a rampant lion facing left, rendered in the bold, somewhat schematic style characteristic of 12th-century Flemish hammered coinage. The flanking areas of the shield are decorated with a series of annulets and crescents arranged along the lateral margins, serving as ornamental fillers typical of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Philip of Alsace inherited Flanders in 1168 and aggressively expanded comital authority over urban minting, bringing Ieper — then a rising cloth-trade center — under tighter fiscal control. The maille, struck at half the weight of a denier, was the workhorse of small transactions in the Flemish market economy, and Philip's prolific output across multiple mints reflects the commercial intensity of his rule rather than any ceremonial ambition.