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Agnel 'Gouden lam' - William V of Bavaria
| Issuer | Holland, County of |
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| Year | 1357 |
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| Weight | 4.572 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ AGn ⵓ DEI ⵓ QVI ⵓ TOLL ⵓ PECA ⵓ MVDI ⵓ MISERERE ⵓ nOB D GL` CO` h` (Translation: Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us Duke William, Count of Holland) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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William V issued this gold agnel in 1357, just two years before he was declared legally insane and imprisoned by his own brother Albert — who then governed Holland as regent for the next four decades. Whether William retained meaningful administrative control over mint policy during this final period of his rule is genuinely unclear, making the precise political authority behind this issue somewhat ambiguous.
The agnel type itself derived from the French mouton d'or and circulated widely across the Low Countries as a trusted high-value trade coin. Holland's adoption of the type reflects the county's deep commercial entanglement with French monetary conventions.