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Sterling - John II of Looz IOh DNS
| Issuer | Lordship of Agimont |
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| Year | 1280-1311 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of the lord, crowned with a diademed fillet, set within a beaded inner circle. The effigy is rendered in a stylized medieval manner typical of Low Countries esterlins, with broad facial features and flowing hair visible at the sides. The legend, inscribed in uncial characters, runs continuously around the periphery outside the inner circle. |
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| Mintage | ND (1280-1311) |
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Agimont was a minor lordship wedged between the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the County of Namur, and its coinage consistently mimicked stronger neighbors to gain acceptance in regional trade. This sterling copies the English penny type that flooded into the Low Countries after Edward I's recoinage of 1279 — a design so trusted commercially that dozens of local lords struck imitative versions, some barely bothering to distinguish their own name from the original.
John II held Agimont through a period of chronic feudal fragmentation in the Meuse valley. The abbreviated legend IOh DNS reflects the cramped module rather than any scribal convention.