1/2 Gold Écu 'Klinckaert' - Philip the Good, Regent

Issuer Holland, County of
Year 1425-1428
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1/2 Gold Chair (Gouden schild)
Currency Groot (-1506)
Composition Gold
Weight 1.76 g
Diameter
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Delmonte G#739
Obverse description Seated lord on gothic throne, between the shielded arms of Burgundy and Pfalz/Bavaria, all inside a polylobe of seven arcs.
Obverse script Latin (uncial)
Obverse lettering ✠ PhS ⁑ DVX ⁑ BVRG × COm × FLAD ⁑ hES ⁑ hOL3
(Translation: Philip, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Flanders, inheritor of Holland and Zeeland)
Reverse description Ornate floriate cross in quatrefoil, trefoil in each exterior angle.
Reverse script Latin (uncial)
Reverse lettering ✠ XPC ⵓ VINCIT ⵓ XPC ⵓ REGNAT ⵓ XPC ⵓ IMPERAT
(Translation: Christ conquers, Christ rules, Christ commands)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (1425-1428) - -
Numisquare ID 1196426240
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