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Sterling - Henry of Leuven
| Issuer | Herstal, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1245-1285 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A long double cross with pellets or balls at each arm terminus divides the reverse field into four quarters, each containing a letter spelling the name of the moneyer responsible for the issue. This voided or double-cross type closely follows the Anglo-French sterling prototype widespread in the Low Countries during the second half of the 13th century. A circular legend in Latin uncial script surrounds the entire design, identifying the moneyer and the mint of Herstal. The strike is characteristically irregular on a roughly round flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (1245-1285) - Around 1280 |
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Henri de Dinant, lord of Herstal, issued these sterlings during a period when the lower Meuse valley was saturated with imitative penny coinage, each minor lord essentially piggybacking on the commercial credibility of English and continental prototypes. Herstal's output was modest, and the lordship itself was a small jurisdiction wedged between the ecclesiastical power of Liège and the territorial ambitions of the Duchy of Brabant.
The Dengis reference remains the most precise die study for this type.