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FRANCE, Provincial. Lorraine (duché). René I. 1431-1453. AR Gros (25.5mm, 1.80 g, 6h). Nancy mint. RENATI DVX BAREn n Z LOTh m, coat-of-arms over sword; star and double star stops / (lis) SIT nOmEn DnI BEnEDICTV, cross of Lorraine; star and double star stops. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 435; Flon 435; cf. Saulcy pl. 10, 12; Roberts 9475. Toned, slightly wavy flan. VF.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Elsen FPL 198 (Aptil-May 1998), no. 400.
'René I of Anjou is memorable for having introduced on his coins the cross of Anjou with two cross-arms, already seen on coins of the house of Anjou in Hungary, which was to become better known to later generations as the cross of Lorraine as a result of having been adopted by the League during the French Wars of Religion.' Grierson, p. 199.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Elsen FPL 198 (Aptil-May 1998), no. 400.
'René I of Anjou is memorable for having introduced on his coins the cross of Anjou with two cross-arms, already seen on coins of the house of Anjou in Hungary, which was to become better known to later generations as the cross of Lorraine as a result of having been adopted by the League during the French Wars of Religion.' Grierson, p. 199.