½ Groat "Ruitergroot" - Arnold V ND (1279-1323) front ½ Groat "Ruitergroot" - Arnold V ND (1279-1323) back
½ Groat "Ruitergroot" - Arnold V ND (1279-1323) photo
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg

½ Groat "Ruitergroot" - Arnold V ND

 
Silver 1.95 g -
Description
Issuer
County of Loon (Belgian States)
Count
Arnold V (1279-1323)
Type
Standard circulation coin
Years
1279-1323
Value
½ Groat
Currency
Gros (1190-1366)
Composition
Silver
Weight
1.95 g
Shape
Round (irregular)
Technique
Hammered
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#308601
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Short cross pattée surrounded by double legend

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering:
✠MOnETA ⋮ nOVA ⋮ ASSELETEnSIS
✠SIGNVM CRVCIS

Lettering (regular font):
✠MONETA ⋮ NOVA ⋮ ASSELETENSIS
✠SIGNVM CRVCIS

Translation:
New coinage of Hasselt
Sign of the cross

Comment

Variants of legend exist.

A subtype has the knight with a lion on his shield (instead of the horizontal bars of Loon) and obverse legend ‘COMES’ (instead of COES):