2 Groats "Braspenning" - Philip the Good

Features

Issuer	Burgundian Netherlands (County of Flanders, Belgian States)
Duke	Philip III (1419-1467)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1421-1433
Value	2 Groschen (Groot)
Currency	Groot (864-1506)
Composition	Srebro
Weight	4.04 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 98067
References	DePas# XX-41 Louis François Joseph Deschamps de Pas; 1863. Essai sur l'histoire monétaire des Comtes de Flandre de la Maison de Bourgogne: et descriptions de leurs monnaies d'or et d'argent. Self-published, Paris, France.

Obverse

Tarcze Burgundii i Flandrii obok siebie pod hełmem zwieńczonym lilią. Automatically translated

Script: łacina (uncjalna)

Lettering: PhS ⵓ DVX ⵓ BVRG ⋮ Z ⋮ COmES ⋮ FLAnDRIE.

Lettering (regular font): PHS ⵓ DVX ⵓ BVRG ⋮ Z ⋮ COMES ⋮ FLANDRIE.

Unabridged legend: Philippus Dux Burgundiae et Comes Flandriae

Reverse

Krzyż z naprzemiennymi lwami i liliami w kątach. Automatically translated

Script: łacina (uncjalna)

Lettering: ✠ mOHETA ⋮ nOVA ⋮ COmITIS ⋮ FLANDRIE.

Lettering (regular font): ✠ MOHETA ⋮ NOVA ⋮ COMITIS ⋮ FLANDRIE.

Unabridged legend: Moneta Nova Comitatus Flandriae

Mint

Namur, Belgium (590-1719)

Comments

(en)

The variant with prominent dots obverse under the P in PhS and the D in FLANDRIE (and in some examples between NO VA reverse) has been attributed by Elsen as being struck in Namur for circulation in the County of Namur in the years leading up to Philip's adding this place to his realm in 1429:

Possibly this was an attempt to circumvent an agreement to not change the composition of the coins struck in the rest of the Burgundian holdings in the Low Countries (Brabant, Flanders, Holland).

It is given a separate date line below (rather than a listing under Namur), since the coin is still struck in the name of the Count of FLanders and the reverse legend identifies the coin to Flanders, not Namur.

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1421-1429)	(en) Dot under P, D obverse	75%
ND (1421-1433)		75%

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