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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 script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A bold long cross extends to the beaded inner circle, dividing the field into four quarters, each containing a group of pellets arranged in a triangular pattern. The cross arms are plain and strong, consistent with the Anglo-inspired esterlin type prevalent in the Low Countries during the late 13th and early 14th centuries. A continuous peripheral legend in uncial script runs between the inner beaded circle and the outer rim. |
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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.