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Gold Guilder - Robert
| Issuer | Duchy of Bar |
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| Year | 1354-1399 |
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| Value | 1 Florin (3.5) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large, ornate Florentine lily (fleur-de-lis) rendered in high relief, with finely cross-hatched lobes and decorative pellets at the base and flanking tips. The lily divides the encircling Latin legend, which is separated from the toothed outer border by a beaded inner ring. The overall design closely follows the Florentine florin type, adapted for the Duchy of Bar. The inscription ROBERT · DVX runs around the periphery, identifying the issuer as Duke Robert. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ ROBERT · DVX (Translation: Duke Robert...) |
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Robert I of Bar issued these gold guilders during a period when the duchy was navigating competing pressures from both the French crown and the Holy Roman Empire — Bar sat directly on the boundary between the two, and its coinage policy reflected that tension. The guilder format itself was borrowed wholesale from Rhenish ecclesiastical mints, whose florin-derived gold had become the dominant trade currency across the region by mid-century.
Fr#65a distinguishes this variety within Friedberg's broader Bar listing. Robert's reign ended with his death at the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396, one of the catastrophic Franco-Burgundian defeats against Ottoman forces.