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Groat - Albert of Bavaria Helmet, shield
| Issuer | County of Holland |
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| Year | 1401-1403 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ ALBERTVS ⋮ DVX ⋮ COM ⋮ HOL ⋮ Z ⋮ 3ELAN (Translation: Duke Albert, Count of Holland and Zeeland) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Albert of Bavaria ruled Holland as count from 1389 until his death in 1404, and his final years were marked by factional conflict between the Hooks and Cods — a dynastic struggle that had destabilized Holland intermittently since the mid-fourteenth century. Coinage from 1401–1403 falls squarely within this turbulent window, when maintaining a functioning mint was itself a political act.
The vdCh 6#7.8 reference places this among the helmet-type groats distinguished in van der Chijs's classification by specific shield and helmet die combinations. These distinctions matter: multiple die marriages were used across the short run, and conflation with adjacent types is a persistent attribution problem for this series.