Mouches Public Deposited

Definition

  • Meaning flies, was the nickname given to certain varieties of Liards, or pieces of three Deniers, issued in Avignon by Urban VIII (1623-1644). They bore on one side the figures of three bees which were mistaken for flies.

Source
  • Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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