1 Penny - John I Regency Adelaide of Burgundy

John I was a minor during this period, his mother Adelaide of Burgundy holding the regency from 1261 until he came of age — a political arrangement reflected in the dual authority implied by the coin's attribution. Brabant's silver penny coinage of the mid-thirteenth century operated within a dense web of regional monetary agreements, as neighboring lords frequently negotiated mutual recognition of each other's currency to facilitate trade along the Meuse and Rhine corridors.

Witte 72 is among the lighter issues in the series, the 0.53g weight sitting at the lower end of the documented range for Brabantine deniers of this decade.