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Groat - Engelbert de la Marck Eagle, Dinant
| Issuer | Liege, Prince-bishopric of |
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| Year | 1348 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ EnGELB`TVS ⋮ DEI GRA ⋮ LOD EP (Translation: Engelbert, by God`s grace, Bishop of Liege) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Engelbert de la Marck ruled the Prince-bishopric of Liège from 1345 until his death in 1364, a tenure marked by persistent conflict with the city of Liège itself and the ever-present pressure of competing territorial ambitions in the Meuse valley. Dinant, the issuing mint here, operated as a distinct commercial center under episcopal authority — copper and brass working dominated the town's economy, but silver coinage was struck there when political circumstances demanded a local assertion of minting rights.
The eagle type draws on the heraldry of the de la Marck family rather than purely episcopal iconography, a deliberate conflation of dynastic and ecclesiastical authority that characterized how Engelbert governed.