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Franc à pied - Guy of Luxembourg
| Issuer | County of Saint-Pol |
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| Year | 1367-1371 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Ornate floriated cross pattée at center, its arms terminating in elaborate Gothic trefoil finials, with a central rosette at the crossing and fleurs-de-lis and small quatrefoil ornaments decorating the quadrants. The cross is set within a double beaded circle, with curved Gothic brackets framing the quadrant compartments. The circumferential Latin legend, invoking the triumphant Christ formula, runs along the outer border, separated from the inner design by a beaded circle. |
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| Reverse lettering | XPC VINCIT XPC REGNAT XPC INPERAT (Translation: Christ defeats, Christ rules, Christ commands.) |
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Guy of Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol, issued this franc à pied in direct imitation of the French royal franc à pied introduced by John II in 1360 — itself created to fund John's own ransom after his capture at Poitiers. For a minor northern French county to strike gold coinage of this type required explicit or tacit royal permission, and Guy's close ties to the Valois court made that plausible. Saint-Pol's independent gold issues are rare survivals; the county's mint output was modest and its activity in this format brief.