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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7803485, member: 110504&quot;]Yipes, [USER=120184]@malinkyhoy[/USER], a fantastic complement to [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER]&#039;s post for the day.&nbsp; For those tuning in late, Look at the Pics!</p><p>Gasp.&nbsp; Anlaf (/Olaf) Guthfrithsson, Hiberno-Norse king of York 939-954.&nbsp; Replete with the Norse raven on one side, and the much smaller cross on the other.&nbsp; Suggesting where Anlaf&#039;s primary loyalties lay.</p><p>Here&#039;s an example of what, from here, is a &#039;brand new&#039; count of Namur, in the duchy of Lower Lotharingia, in the Walloon /Francophone part of modern Belgium.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1340151[/ATTACH]</p><p>Namur, Albert III, 1063/4-1102.&nbsp; Denier /denar of Namur.</p><p>Obv.&nbsp; Diademed profile left; (from 4 o&#039;clock: ) A[LBERT]VS.</p><p>Rev.&nbsp; Voided small cross, crescents in angles; (from 12 o&#039;clock: ) [+dE]ON[A]M.</p><p>Dannenberg 176.</p><p>...For comparison, here&#039;s one of his dad, Albert II.&nbsp; What sold this one was the relatively complete strike of the name on the obverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1340156[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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