Denier - Henri VI ND

Reverse

Patted cross, small, surrounded by the legend and two circles of pearls

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: + DELVCꞒBOT

Lettering (regular font): + DELVCꞒBOT

Edge

Plain

Comment

A coin of the highest rarity, two known and listed examples, now preserved in the cabinet of the medals of Brussels. Undated piece, struck between 1281 and 1288 at the Luxembourg-city mint.

The first copy was described in 1903 by Viscount Baudouin de Jonghe and the second copy was found in 1904 in Trier, Germany:

Description by M. de Jonghe Article by M. Ed. Bernays in the
RBN, 1903, p. 22 find of the 2nd copy
 RBN, 1904, p. 113

The shield on the obverse is identical to the and the but the legend is different.
The engraving is very awkward (dixit Weiller), the letters are badly struck, a T instead of an R at the end of legend, etc. Each numismate, author of a catalog, interpreted the legend a little in his own way:

• (+) • hꞒO MꞒS (B. de Jonghe, 1903)
  
• (+) • hCO MꞒS (Bernays et Vannerus, 1910)
  
• (+) • n'OO IICS (Weiller, 1977)
  
• (+) • hCO IIES (Probst, 2003)
  

(The last S is always lying down.)

Source:

• The illustrations on this sheet come from the article by B de Jonghe, published in 1903 in the RBN, vol. LIX, p. 22
  

Interesting fact