

I have just acquired a set of medieval coins which I and friends looked at. We agreed that they seem to be something we've seen before. They are each about 19 mm and weigh about 6 gm. The obverse is a simple short armed encircled cross with an inscription in what appears to be gothic letters. The reverse, however is a weak cross and has two stars on one side of it and, I believe, two crescents below it . This is also encircled and with an edge notation.. I couldn't get the words yet but I do enclose here two of the coins. The dealer I used suspected they may be French, but i have seen no examples yet. Any ideas?

