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Groat - Engelbert de la Marck Maastricht
| Issuer | Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
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| Year | 1345-1347 |
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| Weight | 2.9 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ⋆ EnG EPS LEOD ⋆ (Translation: Engelbert, Bishop of Liege) |
| Reverse description | A bold cross pattee extends to the inner circle, dividing the central field into four quadrants and bearing the interior legend distributed across the quarters within a beaded circle. The outer legend runs between two concentric beaded borders. The reverse design follows the standard Mosan gros type, with the cross motif and devotional inscription characteristic of ecclesiastical coinage of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège in the mid-14th century. |
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Engelbert de la Marck held the see of Liège from 1345 to 1364, but this groat dates specifically to the opening years of his episcopate — a period when the Prince-Bishopric was navigating the turbulent aftermath of the Battle of Vottem (1346), in which Liège's forces clashed with those of the Count of Namur. Maastricht, as a co-lordship shared between Liège and Brabant, operated its own mint under complex jurisdictional arrangements that sometimes produced parallel issues, which accounts for the two Dengis varieties catalogued for this single type.