Medieval coin, probably from Eastern Europe

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Not my coin, but trying to identify it for someone on another forum.

Hello,
I dont think that it is eastern Europe, more like Italy or France, but its just a guess
Citeer: "pabandom"​ Hello,
​I dont think that it is eastern Europe, more like Italy or France, but its just a guess
​That does make sense, the person found it in Romania which is why I assumed it would be Eastern European but it could be from elsewhere.
I have seen a similar coin some weeks ago, but can't remeber where.
I can read the word 'CASTRUM'
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
Citeer: "PetrusAscanus"​I have seen a similar coin some weeks ago, but can't remeber where.
​I can read the word 'CASTRUM'
​I think that it was here on ID section some time ago,looks very familiar for me as well.
Yes indeed:
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic66311.html
So the coin is not yet determined.
I hope someone knows more about this nice thing!
That arm and sword, can it be on scottish coins?


edit:
something like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_and_coat_of_arms_of_Connacht
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
I have seen a coin of Pontefract Castle, with an arm with sword
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
Citeer: "PetrusAscanus"​I have seen a coin of Pontefract Castle, with an arm with sword
​It's facing the wrong way though isn't it? It's a start though.
This is what I found till now:
Generally, an armed arm is the symbol of a commander, an arm with a sword belonging to a chief-commander.
The arm with a dagger, used in hand-to-hand combat is the symbol of a warrior in general.
In Ireland this symbol appears in the coat of arms of Ireland that appears at the beginning of the 15th century.
That symbol can propably be found in the book : "Ulrich Richental: Chronik des Konzils zu Konstanz, 1414-1418." (see pages 194, 236, 338 similar weapons)
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_von_Richental

The coat of arms is divided : half a black eagle and red, and an armed arm in white sleeve, is attributed to King Wenzel in Ireland and Scotland.
In the Irish Republic of 1922, this weapon was used in Connaught in modified colors.
A similar weapon is attributed to Croatia in the same Chronicle of Ulrich von Richtental.
We can therefore assume that the arm with the dagger is meant as an emblem of an Irish or Scottish ruler, used as a helmet sign.
Whoever is the one under whose responsibility the coin is minted can not be considered. The legend "MAUS HORTIS does not help a lot.


With this information I am going to browse a douzain books, because that coin intrigues me very much!!!!

edit:
some more to think about:
http://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=fta&Product_Code=ema00000mn&Category_Code=11ema

http://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=fta&Product_Code=0t72ema00003mca&Category_Code=11ema

http://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=fta&Product_Code=0t52ema40005crn&Category_Code=11ema

http://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=fta&Product_Code=ema00001gn&Category_Code=11ema

http://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=fta&Product_Code=ema00001rm&Category_Code=11ema

http://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=fta&Product_Code=ema00004mck-CON&Category_Code=11ema

and this one looks very good with your coin:
http://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=fta&Product_Code=ema00002cmr&Category_Code=11ema

https://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp/s.Dunlop/qx/clanbadge_details.htm
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften

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