Low Countries, County of Hainaut. Seigneurie of Beaumont. Baudouin d'Avesnes. 1246-1288. AR double esterlin au chevalier (21 mm, 2.09 g, 12 h). Ca. 1275-1280. + · B · D'AVЄNIS DnS BELIMOTI, knight, raising sword to strike, on horseback galloping right / Inner legend: + * SIGNVM * CRVCIS *, cross pattée cantonnée with crescent in each angle. Cf. Chalon 189; Boudeau 2154. Rare. Toned. Puncture in obverse field, not extending through the coin. Very fine.
From the Estate of Benjamin R. Bell.