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Maille - Philip I of Alsace Moneyer Simon, Arras mint
| Issuer | County of Flanders |
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| Year | 1168-1191 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | + SIMON (Translation: Simon.) |
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Philip of Alsace inherited Flanders in 1168 and spent the following decades building it into one of the most commercially dynamic counties in northern Europe, with Arras functioning as a key node in the wool and cloth trade connecting England, Flanders, and the Champagne fairs. The moneyer attribution to Simon places this piece within a documented series of named monetarii operating under comital authority — a practice Philip actively regulated as part of broader monetary reforms intended to stabilize exchange across his territories.
Philip died at the siege of Acre in 1191, ending a reign that saw Flemish coinage achieve unusual consistency for its time.