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2 Mites - Philip the Good
| Issuer | Flanders, County of |
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| Year | 1434-1467 |
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| Thickness | 0.6 mm |
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| Obverse description | The field is filled with the quartered arms of Burgundy, displaying the heraldic devices of the duchy within a beaded inner circle. The shield arrangement occupies the central field in a bold, flat-relief style characteristic of Flemish hammered billon coinage of the mid-fifteenth century. The surrounding peripheral legend runs clockwise within the outer border. The overall design is compact and slightly irregular in shape due to the hand-struck flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | + PHS° D° G° D° B° Z° COM° FLAD` (Translation: Philip, duke of Burgundy and count of Flanders by the grace of God) |
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Philip the Good's mite issues were struck across multiple mints operating under his Burgundian administration — Ghent, Bruges, and others — with dies that varied considerably between workshops. The billon content in these small-denomination pieces declined noticeably over the course of his reign as Philip's wars and territorial ambitions strained Burgundian finances, making earlier strikes compositionally distinct from later ones.
GH#15-2 cross-references a die family documented by Ghyssens, whose systematic work on Flemish billon remains the field standard for attributing these otherwise difficult pieces.