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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4872329, member: 110504"]Okay, here's mine. And for pics, with apologies, all I can find is the obverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176687[/ATTACH]</p><p>France, Duchy of Burgundy, Hugues IV, 1218-1272. (Funly consonant with Henry III of England, especially since both reigns began with minorities. --<i>Awkward?</i>)</p><p>Obv. (Beginning with the legend; you'll find out why in a second or two: )</p><p>+VGO BVRGVNDIE. In field: DVX.</p><p>This was also the basis of my user name, by way of a bad pun --regretted more or less ever since, especially since [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER], after he succeeded into talking me into joining this forum, made a serious, good-faith effort to talk me out of it.</p><p>...So, Right, instead of 'VGO DVX,' there's 'VGO DUCKS.' What only makes it worse is that, just regarding the pronunciation, it probably isn't a match even to medieval Latin. <i>Kinda</i> dumb....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4872329, member: 110504"]Okay, here's mine. And for pics, with apologies, all I can find is the obverse. [ATTACH=full]1176687[/ATTACH] France, Duchy of Burgundy, Hugues IV, 1218-1272. (Funly consonant with Henry III of England, especially since both reigns began with minorities. --[I]Awkward?[/I]) Obv. (Beginning with the legend; you'll find out why in a second or two: ) +VGO BVRGVNDIE. In field: DVX. This was also the basis of my user name, by way of a bad pun --regretted more or less ever since, especially since [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER], after he succeeded into talking me into joining this forum, made a serious, good-faith effort to talk me out of it. ...So, Right, instead of 'VGO DVX,' there's 'VGO DUCKS.' What only makes it worse is that, just regarding the pronunciation, it probably isn't a match even to medieval Latin. [I]Kinda[/I] dumb....[/QUOTE]
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