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Gold Ecu - Mary of Brabant Oyen
| Issuer | Duchy of Guelders |
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| Year | 1361-1399 |
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| Currency | Groot (1046-1506) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a crowned quartered shield of Guelders, displaying rampant lions in each quarter, surmounted by an ornate Gothic crown with prominent fleurs-de-lis finials. The shield is set within a plain inner circle bordered by a beaded ring. A circumferential Gothic legend in uncial lettering surrounds the central device, reading the titles of Mary as Duchess of Guelders and Countess of Zutphen. The overall design is executed in the bold, high-relief style characteristic of late 14th-century Low Countries hammered gold coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Reinald III, Duke of Guelders, spent much of his later reign imprisoned by his own brother Edward, who ruled in his place from 1361 until Reinald's death in 1371. The "Mary of Brabant" attribution in the Oyen coinage refers to the broader Franco-Flemish ecu tradition rather than a personal commission — Guelders adopted the French ecu format aggressively during this period as a deliberate tool for cross-border mercantile credibility in the lower Rhine trade networks.
The Delmonte G#246 classification places this among the rarer documented Guelders gold issues of the fourteenth century.