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Anonymous Counts (11- 12th C)

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AR denier, 19mm., .9g. Obv: LVDOVICVS REX, fairly hard to read. Central + over ... over __, crescent to right. Rev: NEVERNIS CVT, central cross with small + in one quadrant. R4163; Boud 339; PdA 2118.

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AR denier, 19mm, 1.24gr. Obv: +LVDOVICVS RE, central design. Rev: +NIVERIS CIVT, central cross. R4163v; Baud 339v; PdA 2119.

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AR denier, 20mm, .947gr. Obv: +LVDOVICVS RE, central design. Rev: +NEVERIS CVT, central cross with 2 dots in one quadrant. Mint is Nevers. R1463v; Boud 339v; PdA 2119.

AR denier, 19mm, .98gr. Obv: +COMES GIIIEMIO, central design. Rev: +NIIERNIS, central cross. R4165; Boud 341; PdA 2130 is as close as he comes, but not a good match. Mis-ID'd by seller as Guy d'Forez.

Billon denier, 19mm, 1.01gr. Obv: COMES GUIDONI, central star and crescent (not visible on this coin). Rev: NIVERNIS CIVIT, central short cross. Mint is Nevers. Description from R. Lilly "The coin is centered, and has a grayish-silver color, but it is crudely struck, with weakness in the legends and the images. The crescent, star and staff are actually a degeneration from the word "rEX" in the center of the reverse on earlier coins of Nevers." R4166, Boud 342.

From Lilly: "This city, at the confluence of the Loire and Nievre rivers in central France, was named Nevirnum in late Roman times, and the legend on the obverse of the coin refers to the city by a form of that latin name. In January, 1170, during the period when this type of coin was minted, the Pope commissioned the Bishop of Nevers and the Archbishop of Rouen to attempt to reconcile the differences between Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, and King Henry II of England. They failed in that endeavor, and Thomas was murdered in December of that year."

AR denier, 19mm. .93gr. Obv: +COMES ERVEVS, central crescent and symbols. The coin is hard to read and the legend is from R. This looks like EVI_OVI. Rev: +NIVERNIS CVIT, central cross, empty quadrants. R4168v, 4171v (which has CIVT and objects in the + quadrants. ; PdA 2135v (as billon, objects in the + quadrants); Boud 344v. Seller Maison Platt ID's as AR, PdA 2138.

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Billon denier, 19mm, .53gr. Obv: +ERVIS COMES, central cross. Rev: NIVERSCIS, central device. R4171; PdA 2138; Boud 345.

Bill denier, 18mm, .90gr. Obv: +GVIDO COMES, central Nevers monogram. Rev: +NIVERNIS CIVIT, central cross with two besants and two arrow points. R4172; Boud 346; PdA 2140. PdA calls the arrow points 'pmmes de pin' (as does Boud) or 'fers de lance.'

Bl denier, 18mm, .83gr. Obv: +M.COMITISSA, cntral horizontal bar, fleur d'lis above, deux etoile below. Rev: +NIVERNIS CIVIT, central cross. R4691 (as Matilda 1241-57); PdA 2141, 47:2 (Mahaut and Eudes de Bourgogne); Boud 347. Her husband had coinage from Nevers in his own name.

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Bill denier, 18mm, .65gr. As above but with a different lis. PdA 21452.

AR denier, 19 mm, 0.8 gr. Obv: NIVERNENSIS, shield with lions rampant. Rev: ROBERTVS COMES, central cross. Mint is Nevers. R4586; Boud 350 which ids "croix auxerroise."

Denier, 17mm, .66gr. Obv: +LVDOVICVS COMES, central cross, star in one quadrant, diagonally across - another figure. Rev: +NIVERNEI_ISIS, central shield bracketed by stars. R4588v (which shows a crescent opposite the star); PdA 2157 series, as billon, plate 47:11 or 12; Boud 353 (source of the reverse incritpion, since the coin is worn).

Louis was also count of Flanders.

Coin: Bill gros, 27mm, 2.63gr. + Obv inner ring: LVD/OVO.C'CO/NES, central cross bisecting the legend. Outer obv ring: +BENEDICTV SIT NOMEN etc., Rev: MONETA FLAND, central lion, outer ring design. Mint is Rethel. R6696; PdA 6112-15. Gift from Yves Debroyer

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Coin: AR double gross au lion, 27mm, 3.367gr. Obv inner legend: LVD/OVI/C*CO/MES in four quadrants of a cross. Outer legend: +BENEDICTV:SIT:NOMEN:DNI:NRI:IHV___PI(?). Rev: MONETA fLAND', central lion. Mint is Rethel. R6696; Boud 2230; PdA 6112-15.