County of Hainaut Groat "Tournois" or "Old Groat" - John II of Avesnes, 1280 – 1304

Groat "Tournois" or "Old Groat" - John II of Avesn from County of Hainaut. Issued from 1280 to 1304. Struck in Silver. Measures 24 mm and weighs 4 g.

Obverse

Monogram of Hainaut containing three stars inside, and lilies or trefoils at the tips of the equatorial triangles, all inside a quadrilobe with letters h y O n in the exterior angles. Surrounding it, a border of twelve 5-petaled flowers, each inside a circle (Hainaut)

Reverse

Short cross pattée surrounded by double legend (Count John
IN the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ)