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1/2 Groat - Hugh of Chalons Fosses
| Issuer | Liege, Prince-bishopric of |
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| Year | 1296-1301 |
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| Value | 1/2 Groat |
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| Obverse description | Displayed eagle with wings spread, facing forward, occupying the central field and enclosed within a quadrilobe with cusped points. The eagle is rendered in a bold, Gothic style characteristic of late 13th-century episcopal coinage. A circular legend in uncial Latin script surrounds the quadrilobe, reading the bishop's name and title. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered medieval coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ hVGOnIS ⁑ LEODIENSIS EPI (Translation: Hugh, Bishop of Liege) |
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Hugh of Châlons held the Prince-bishopric of Liège from 1296 to 1301, a tenure defined largely by conflict with the burghers of Liège and the persistent financial strains of maintaining both ecclesiastical and secular authority in the Meuse valley. The Fosses designation identifies the mint location at Fosses-la-Ville, a chapter town under episcopal control where small silver struck under Hugh is documented.
The Dengis reference corpus remains the authoritative work on Liège episcopal coinage, and #513 sits in a thinly populated series.