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Gold Écu 'with Lion' - Louis II de Male
| Issuer | Flanders, County of |
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| Year | 1370-1384 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | The count Louis II de Male is depicted enthroned in a Gothic architectural canopy, facing forward, crowned with a circlet of roses. He holds an upright sword in his raised right hand as a symbol of temporal authority, while his left hand rests upon a heraldic shield bearing the arms of Flanders. The throne and canopy are rendered in the ornate Gothic style characteristic of Flemish coinage of the late 14th century. A beaded inner circle frames the enthroned figure, with the peripheral legend running between the inner and outer borders. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Louis II de Male struck this type during a period of acute political stress in the Low Countries, as his county became an increasingly contested buffer between French dynastic ambition and the commercial interests of Ghent, Bruges, and Ypres. The great urban revolt that had simmered throughout his reign — culminating in the Battle of Beverhoutsveld in 1382, where the Ghent militia routed his forces — created chronic pressure on Flemish minting policy and coin output.
De Male died in 1384 without a male heir, passing Flanders to his son-in-law Philip the Bold of Burgundy. That transfer ended Flemish numismatic independence for generations.