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Denier - Robert II le Hiérosolymitain
| Issuer | Flanders, County of |
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| Year | 1092-1111 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Frontal effigy of the seated count, shown full-face in a stylized Romanesque manner, holding a sword upright in his right hand and a palm branch in his left, emblematic of his participation in the First Crusade. The figure is rendered in low relief within a beaded inner circle. The peripheral legend reads MONETA ROBERTI COMITIS, identifying this as the money of Count Robert, separated from the central type by a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Robert II earned his epithet "the Jerusalemite" after participating in the First Crusade, departing Flanders in 1096 as one of the more capable military commanders of that expedition. His county was among the most economically active in northern Europe at the time, and the deniers struck under his authority circulated widely through Flemish trade networks extending into England, the Rhineland, and northern France. The English connection was not incidental — Robert had inherited claims and relationships there through his father Robert I's dealings with William the Conqueror.
He died in 1111 at the Battle of Mesbruck, leaving no legitimate heir, which triggered a succession dispute that destabilized Flemish coinage in the years immediately following.