Cuthwellis
Joined: 26-Jul-2018
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Posted: 18-Apr-2019, 03:17
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Edited: 18-Apr-2019, 03:21
Posted: 18-Apr-2019, 03:17
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Edited: 18-Apr-2019, 03:21
Hello,
While I was looking up a Middle English dictionary I stumbled across the word motoun, from which the modern mutton derives, but it had more definitions than just sheep. Apparently, there was an Anglo-French gold coin with a sheep on one side that was called a mutton, but I have never seen and can’t seem to find such coinage. Does anyone have an idea as to what it might have referred to?
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apuking
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Posted: 18-Apr-2019, 06:59
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Posted: 18-Apr-2019, 06:59
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Choucas
Joined: 21-Jun-2017
Posts: 2314
Posted: 18-Apr-2019, 14:18
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Posted: 18-Apr-2019, 14:18
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Hello,
You even have a wiki page :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnel_(coin)
(not very detailed in english)
Cuthwellis
Joined: 26-Jul-2018
Posts: 567
Posted: 19-May-2019, 09:50
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Posted: 19-May-2019, 09:50
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Oops, sorry for the late reply...and thank you! So it’s supposed to be the Agnus Dei, that makes so much sense.
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