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2 Groats - Philip the Bold
| Issuer | Flanders, County of |
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| Year | 1384 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a long cross pattée with fleurs-de-lis or ornamental terminals in the angles, set within a double circle of beading. The quadrants formed by the cross arms are decorated with small pellets or lis ornaments, typical of Flemish gros coinage of the late 14th century. An inner legend in Gothic uncial script encircles the central cross within the beaded border, while an outer legend occupies the broad rim. The composition follows the standard Flemish double-legend reverse type established under the Counts of Flanders. The hammered flan is irregular but the die work is crisp and consistent with the Malines mint's output under Philip the Bold. |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ BENEDICTVS: QVI :VENIT : IN : NOMINE DOMINI ✠ MONETA. DE. FLANDRIA (Translation: Blessed who comes in the name of the Lord Coinage of Flanders) |
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Philip the Bold acquired Flanders through his marriage to Margaret III in 1369, but it was only upon her death in 1384 — the very year this piece was struck — that he assumed direct control of the county. The transition consolidated Flemish monetary authority under Burgundian rule for the first time, and coinage from this exact year sits at that administrative fault line.
The billon content reflects chronic silver shortages that plagued Flemish minting operations throughout the 1380s, forcing repeated adjustments to alloy fineness by comital decree.