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Penny 'Holland style' - Arnold V In nomine
| Issuer | County of Loon |
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| Year | 1286-1323 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (1/8) |
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| Reverse description | A bold plain cross pattee divides the reverse field into four equal quadrants, each containing a small decorative motif or pellet grouping in the angles, consistent with the Holland-style denier type. The cross extends to the inner beaded circle, which separates the central design from the circumferential legend. The inscription IN nOMInE DNI, rendered in uncial Latin characters, runs around the periphery, invoking divine authority in a formula common to ecclesiastical and comital coinage of the period. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, reflecting the hand-hammered production technique. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Arnold V ruled Loon during a period when the county was effectively a buffer state between the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Duchy of Brabant, both of whom pressed territorial claims that would ultimately extinguish Loon's independence entirely — the county was absorbed by Liège in 1366. The "Holland style" designation reflects deliberate imitation of contemporary Dutch penny types, a monetary strategy used by smaller regional lords to ease cross-border acceptance of their coinage in trade networks they could not otherwise dominate.
The multiple Lucas references suggest the type exists in enough die variation to have been catalogued as distinct emissions across a roughly four-decade span.