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2 Groats - Philip the Good
| Issuer | Duchy of Brabant |
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| Year | 1434-1467 |
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| Diameter | 29 mm |
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| Obverse description | A long ornate cross pattée occupies the full field, its arms terminating in decorative Gothic floral extensions and crowned lion terminals in the cantons. At the centre of the cross is a small escutcheon bearing the rampant lion of Brabant. The four quadrants of the cross are filled with alternating fleurs-de-lis and crowned lions, reflecting the heraldic programme of Philip the Good as Duke of Burgundy and Brabant. The surrounding legend in Gothic uncial characters reads: ✠ PHS ⵓ DEI ⵓ GRA ⵓ DVX ⵓ BVRG ⵓ BRAB ⵓZ ⵓ LIMB, identifying Philip by the grace of God as Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, and Limbourg. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, as is characteristic of hammered coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Philip the Good's long tenure as Duke of Brabant was administratively marked by persistent monetary disorder across the Low Countries, with competing issues from Flanders, Holland, and the ecclesiastical mints creating chronic confusion in daily commerce. His monetary ordinances of the 1430s attempted to impose coherent billon standards across his accumulated territories — this issue was a direct product of that regulatory effort.
The .479 fine silver content places it squarely in the pragmatic middle ground Philip favored: enough silver to maintain credibility, little enough to stretch ducal revenues.