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Florin 'Postulate' - Erard of la Marck
| Issuer | Liege, Prince-bishopric of |
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| Year | 1507-1508 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal figure of Saint Lambert, patron saint of Liege, vested in episcopal robes and wearing a mitre, holding a crozier over his left shoulder while his right hand is raised in benediction. The saint stands in a static, hieratic pose typical of Late Gothic ecclesiastical imagery on Low Countries ecclesiastical coinage. The figure is set within the coin field with the surrounding legend running along the periphery, separated by a beaded border. The flan shows the characteristic irregular shape and surface texture of hammered gold production. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Erard de la Marck secured the Prince-bishopric of Liège in 1506 through a combination of political maneuvering and substantial payments to Rome, but his formal installation was contested long enough that coins struck in the immediate aftermath carry the designation "postulate" — acknowledging that canonical confirmation was still pending. The term was not mere formality; rival claimants and chapter opposition made his early tenure genuinely precarious.
Delmonte's classification places this among the rarer transitional issues of the see, struck across a narrow window before full papal recognition resolved the ambiguity in his title.