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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 3831829, member: 75641&quot;]I am glad you like it [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER].&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think these type of little medieval pennies are fascinating.&nbsp; And for the price it is hard to beat.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I don’t really know anything except what I’ve read recently and the info that [USER=56653]@seth77[/USER] sent Mat.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the adventure of figuring these little pieces out and placing them in the context of larger France/history.&nbsp; The father of Hugues X, Hugues IX, “The Brown” was to marry a very fair lady named Isabel of Angouleme but King John of England made off with her.&nbsp;&nbsp; This triggered a large scale rebellion by Hugues IX and the entire de Lusignan clan.&nbsp; King Phillip of France declared John’s holdings in France abandoned for his refusal to appear the court of Phillip to answer the charges against him by Hugues IX.&nbsp; Then, after King John died, Isabel returned France.&nbsp;&nbsp; And married Hugues X, the son of IX and the minter of this coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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