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2 Groats - John of Heinsberg
| Issuer | Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
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| Year | 1437-1438 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The quartered arms of Heinsberg occupy the entire field, divided by a plain cross into four quarters, each bearing the heraldic charges associated with the prince-bishop John of Heinsberg. The shield is rendered in a bold, flat medieval style typical of hammered coinage of the Low Countries. A beaded inner circle frames the armorial design, and a continuous Gothic uncial legend encircles the field, identifying the issuer by his ecclesiastical and secular titles. The overall composition is characteristic of late medieval episcopal coinage from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ IOh : EPS : LEODIEN : DX BVLLO` Z COM`: LOS` (Translation: John, Bishop of Liege, Duke of Bouillon and Count of Loon) |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ANnO : DOMInI : MILLESIO : CCCCXXXVIII (Translation: Year of Our Lord one thousand 438) |
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