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2 Groats 'Braspenning' - John the Fearless Uncrossed As
| Issuer | Flanders, County of |
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| Year | 1409-1416 |
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| Weight | 4.80 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device comprising the quartered arms of Burgundy and Flanders displayed on a shield beneath an ornate plumed and barred tournament helmet, all rendered in the Gothic heraldic style typical of the Burgundian Low Countries. The helmet faces to the viewer's left and is surmounted by a crest. The surrounding circular legend is executed in Gothic uncial letterforms, with the distinctive feature that the letter Λ (lambda-form A) in FLΛNDRIE is rendered without a crossbar, a diagnostic variety characteristic of this emission. The legend reads: iOhS : DVX : BVrG : z : COmES : FLAndrie, identifying the issuer as John, Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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John the Fearless, Count of Flanders and Duke of Burgundy, issued this coin during a period of near-constant political violence — he had personally orchestrated the assassination of Louis d'Orléans in 1407, plunging France into civil war between Burgundians and Armagnacs. Flemish mint output during these years was shaped less by economic planning than by the urgent need to fund alliances and military positioning. The "uncrossed" variety distinction in this type reflects a deliberate die modification, catalogued separately by Martiny precisely because such variants were not accidental — small heraldic adjustments in Flemish billon coinage of this period carried administrative or mint-authorization significance.