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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5333436, member: 110504&quot;]Here&#039;s my favorite, a denier of Raymond-Berenger V, Comte de Provence 1209-1245.&nbsp; A scarcer issue, with his coat of arms, of the kingdom of Aragon, as a son of Alfonso II.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225605[/ATTACH]Obv.&nbsp; The Aragonese royal coat of arms: Or [gold /yellow], two [also four] pallets gules [red].</p><p>(Here&#039;s a 14th-c. manuscript with the arms:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Se%C3%B1al_del_rey_de_Arag%C3%B3n_en_el_Libro_del_conocimiento.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Part of what makes European heraldry so cool, as early as this, is that its primary function is still utilitarian.&nbsp; ...Instead of the stuff you can get about coats of arms from, we could say, the 16th century on.</p><p>Along the lines of, &#039;I&#039;ve got this helmet on, but I&#039;ll <i>show</i> you what you&#039;re looking at, <i>anyway</i>.&nbsp; ...Just because I&#039;m that good.&#039;</p><p>From my town, the blue colors of the Crips, and the red of the Bloods involuntarily come to mind.)</p><p>Legend: + [R:] BE. COMES.</p><p>Rev.&nbsp; Cross, ending in three pellets, extending to the border.</p><p>Legend: [E]P / VI&nbsp; / N / CI.</p><p>Duplessy 1615, citing Poey d&#039;Avant 3935 (by plate); Boudeau 810; Crusafont 176; Roberts 4592.</p><p>Except, to paraphrase the old poem,</p><p>&#039;And ain&#039;t that a funny old raggedy flan?</p><p>&#039;Raggedy, raggedy, raggedy flan.&#039;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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