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Griffin - John of Heinsberg
| Issuer | Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
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| Year | 1419-1455 |
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| Weight | 3.44 g |
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| Obverse description | A griffin sejant facing left occupies the central field, its eagle head and spread wings rendered in bold relief, while its leonine hindquarters rest upon the ground plane. The griffin supports with its foreclaws a quartered heraldic shield bearing the arms of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. The design is enclosed within a plain inner circle, with the circumferential legend in Gothic uncial characters running between two beaded borders. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John of Heinsberg governed the Prince-Bishopric of Liège for over three decades, a tenure interrupted repeatedly by conflict with the citizens of Liège themselves. The city revolted against his authority in 1430, forcing a negotiated settlement that temporarily curtailed episcopal power — a recurring dynamic in a prince-bishopric where the urban commune never fully accepted clerical temporal rule.
The griffin type draws on currency conventions shared across the Low Countries during this period, when competitive monetary policy between neighboring territories drove frequent design borrowing. Dengis 637 is among the more precisely documented of his gold issues.