1/4 Groat - Engelbert de la Marck

Engelbert de la Marck's episcopate coincided with the prolonged instability following the Battle of Crécy and the Black Death's sweep through the Low Countries, both of which severely disrupted regional trade and forced smaller ecclesiastical mints to produce fractional silver where larger denominations could not circulate effectively. The Prince-Bishopric of Liège maintained its own mint rights zealously throughout this period, independent of both French and Imperial pressure.

The missing Dengis reference number suggests this type remains incompletely catalogued — not unusual for fractional issues of the Mosan ecclesiastical mints, where die survival and documented examples are sparse.