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Groat - John of Arkel Bishop standing
| Issuer | Liege, Prince-bishopric of |
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| Year | 1366-1368 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of Bishop John of Arkel depicted standing en face, vested in episcopal robes and wearing a mitre. The right hand is raised in benediction while the left hand holds a crozier. Beneath the figure, the shield of Arkel is displayed, dividing the surrounding circular legend. The rendering is characteristic of Gothic hammered coinage of the Meuse valley region, with linear stylization typical of mid-14th-century ecclesiastical issues. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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John of Arkel held the see of Liège from 1364 until his death in 1378, but his episcopate was defined less by piety than by factional warfare with the city's guilds and the chronic fiscal pressure of maintaining an independent ecclesiastical principality wedged between Brabant, the Empire, and France. The narrow two-year window assigned to this type likely reflects a retooling of the coinage rather than a change in issuer — Arkel struck repeatedly across different weight standards as silver supplies and political alliances shifted.
Dengis 568 is not among the commoner varieties of his output.