Helmpfennig Público Deposited
I.e., a helmet. A name applied to any coin on which the helmet is a prominent feature. A silver Gros Heaume was issued by Charles VI of France (1380-1422), and Jean de Horn (1485-1505) copied the type for Liege. Louis de Male (1346-1384), Count of Flanders, struck the Heaume d'Or, the obverse of which shows two lions supporting a helmeted shield under a Gothic dais, See Botdrager. The Helmpfennige of teh city of Hanover issued in the seventeenth century have similar designs.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)