It looks to be a Denier Parisis of Louis VII. Weight should be about 1.27grams Top pic: LVDOVICVS REX around FRA/OCN or FRA/NCO Bottom pic: PARISII * CIVIS
I'm impressed, thanks for much! Do you know its value? Its a lot older than I thought it was, I'm very pleased
Frank it's time you start learning how to look up stuff like that for yourself. You can do it here - http://www.coinarchives.com/
I do research myself and I like uploading pictures and finding out more so I'll carry on doing so. And I can't find the coin so I'd like to find out how much its worth.
You can't find it ???? Frank - all I'm trying to do is help you out here. The link I gave you, I clicked on it. Then I clicked on the World Coins link. Then I put Denier Parisis, which is what you were told the coin was, in the search box - and this popped up. http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Denier+Parisis&s=0&results=100 Now the whole thing took less than 10 seconds - that's how easy it is. And if you click on each of those coins that popped up you will see the value and the date of auction where it was sold.
When I search it earlier, I typed Louis VII and it come up with a greek coin -.- But thanks for the help.
What you'll find Frank is that when conducting web searches, even with Google or other search engines, that the key words you use make all the difference. Always use advanced searches. And then search the results of that. But with a coin, like on Coin Archives, start with the denomination. If that doesn't work then use the legends or even part of the legends. Then try the country and date when you have it. And sometimes, the ruler's name works. But they tend to get you all over the map because all the countries had rulers with the same names. It can take a bit of work sometimes, but each different set of key words bring different results. Learning how to search is a skill that anyone can acquire with minimal effort.
It seems a bit small for such a 'big' sounding name... From what I have read, the English 'Groat' was based on that coin, and its name (Groat, Groot, Gros etc) is supposed to be derived from a word meaning 'big' etymologically speaking....