2 Groats 'Botdrager' - Philip the Bold

Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, acquired the Lordship of Valkenburg through his wife Margaret of Male in 1384, and the territory's subsequent coinage reflects the administrative consolidation of the Burgundian Netherlands — local types continued, but increasingly under ducal pressure to conform. The "Botdrager" type takes its name from the figure's posture, a nickname that spread across several Low Countries minting authorities in the late fourteenth century as the design was effectively copied from issuer to issuer.

The vdCh 8# citation with a dash indicates this specific variety was unrecorded or incompletely catalogued by van der Chijs, with Lucas 9 providing the more precise reference. Gaps in the van der Chijs numbering for Valkenburg reflect how thinly documented these provincial Burgundian issues remain.