Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Gold Lion - John the Fearless
| Issuer | Flanders, County of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1409-1419 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Obverse lettering | IOhS ⁑ DVX ⁑ BVRG ⁑ COM ⁑ Z ⁑ DnS ⁑ FLAnDRIE FLAND (Translation: John, Duke of Burgundy, Count and Lord of Flanders) |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents an elaborate Gothic quatrefoil design at the centre, composed of four interlocking curved lobes adorned with fleurs-de-lis and trefoil floral ornaments in the spandrels, all executed in fine relief consistent with high-quality Burgundian hammered coinage. A prominent fleur-de-lis rises from the top of the central quatrefoil, serving as a focal decorative and dynastic motif. The overall composition is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding circumferential legend in Gothic uncial script reads: XPC VINCIT XPC REGNAT XPC IMPERAT, the traditional Christogram invocation affirming Christ's dominion, a formula widely used on Burgundian and Flemish gold coinage of this period. The irregular flan edge is typical of hammered production. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |