fwo_1100862 - HAINAUT - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - WILLIAM I Esterlin au losange n.d. Valenciennes
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Type : Esterlin au losange
Date: c.1310-1340
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Valenciennes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 0,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : G: CO-MES - HAN-ONIE.
Obverse description : Grande croix coupant la légende cantonnée de quatre groupes de besants posés en triangle.
Obverse translation : (Guillaume, comte de Hainaut).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VAL-ENC-HEN-ENS'.
Reverse description : Monogramme fleurdelisé, accosté de trois étoiles dans un losange incurvé et bouleté, coupant la légende.
Reverse translation : (de Valenciennes).
Historical background
HAINAUT - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - WILLIAM I
(1304-1337)
Guillaume I is the son of Jean II d'Avesnes, Count of Hainaut and of Philippine, daughter of Count Henri II of Luxembourg. He married in 1305 to Jeanne de Valois, daughter of Charles I of Valois. He died in 1337 and his daughter William II succeeded him.
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