Flanders double groat ND (1368-1369) "Botdrager"  

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Flanders double groat ND (1368-1369) "Botdrager"
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
3552675
Area
Coins
Title
Flanders double groat ND (1368-1369) "Botdrager"
Country
Flanders
Face value
2 groot (witpenning)
Year
1368
Variety / overstrike
Derde emissie
Era
France - Middle Ages
Head of State
Lodewijk van Male van Vlaanderen (1346-1384)
Type
Coin
Designer
Unknown
Series
Theme
Fauna (Animals), Helmets, Lions
Material
Silver (Ag)
Gold- or silver content
Weight
4.12
Diameter
33
Thickness
Punch
Coin alignment
Shape
Round
Obverse
LVDOVICVS : DEI : GRA : COmES : Z : DnS : FLAnDRIE
Reverse
+ BENEDICTVS : QVI : VENIT : IN : NOmINE : DOmINI / MONETA DE FLANDRIA
Edge
Privy mark
None
Mint mark
None (Gent)
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
KM#
Catalogue number
Gaillard# 224
Details

Third issue out of five. Struck at Ghent in 1368 or 1369. Recognizable by the pointed E on the outer legend of the obverse, the triple point and the three-leaf clover in the inner legend of the obverse. Front translation: "Lodewijk, thanks to the grace of God, lord and count of Flanders" Translation back: "Geld van Vlaanderen" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord"

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