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½ Helmeted Lion - Louis II de Male

Features

Issuer County of Flanders (Belgian States)
Count Louis II of Male (1346-1384)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1365
Value ½ Gold Helm (Gouden gehelmde leeuw)
Currency Groot (864-1506)
Composition Złoto
Weight 2.7 g
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
310268
References VGF# 215
Victor Gaillard; 1857. Recherches sur les monnaies des comtes de Flandre, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à l'avénement de la maison de Bourgogne. Duquense, Gent, Belgium.
, Delmonte G# 461
André Delmonte; 1964. Le Benelux d'or. Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Helmeted lion, seated and facing left in a gothic stall. In exergue FLAnDRЄS

Script: łacina (uncjalna)

Lettering: LVDOVICVS : DEI: GRA : COM': Z : DnS : FLAnDRIE

Lettering (regular font): LVDOVICVS : DEI: GRA : COM': Z : DNS : FLANDRIE

Unabridged legend: Ludovicus Dei Gratia Comes Et Dominus Flandriae

Reverse

(en) Short, floriate cross with letter D in the center, inside a polylobe. Letters F L A n in the angles of the cross.

Script: łacina (uncjalna)

Lettering: + BENEDICTVS : QVI : VENIT : IN : NOmINE : DOmINI

Lettering (regular font): + BENEDICTVS : QVI : VENIT : IN : NOMINE : DOMINI

Unabridged legend: Benedictus Qui Venit In Nomine Domini

Mint

Ghent, Belgium

Comments

(en) Known as gehemde leeuw in Dutch and lion heaumé d'or in French.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1365)  29 000

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