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Franc a Cheval - Joanna and Wenceslaus
| Issuer | Brabant, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1361-1383 |
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| Weight | 3.86 g |
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| Obverse description | A fully armored knight depicted in left-facing profile, mounted on a galloping horse whose caparison and the rider's armor are decorated with small crosses throughout. The knight raises a sword aloft in his right hand in a commanding martial pose. The design is executed in the vigorous Gothic style characteristic of mid-14th century Brabantine gold coinage. The circumferential legend is separated from the central device by a beaded inner circle. |
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| Obverse lettering | IOhAnnA: DEI: GRACIA: BRABATIE: DUX (Translation: Joanna, by God`s grace Duchess of Brabant) |
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The franc à cheval type originated as a French royal issue under John II in 1360, struck to fund his ransom following capture at the Battle of Poitiers. Brabant's adoption of the type under Joanna and Wenceslaus reflects the duchy's deliberate alignment with Valois monetary prestige — a political calculation as much as an economic one. Joanna ruled in her own right as duchess; Wenceslaus of Luxembourg was her consort, and their joint authority on the coinage was unusual enough to mark this series as distinct within the broader Franco-Flemish gold tradition.
The Delmonte G#47 attribution places this among the scarcer Low Countries imitations of the type.