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Groat - John of Arkel Bust, Maastricht mint
| Issuer | Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
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| Year | 1364-1378 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing mitered bust of Bishop John of Arkel within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by a decorative border of eleven stylized leaves. The Arkel coat of arms appears in the field, flanking the bust and dividing the encircling legend. The effigy is rendered in the flat, linear style characteristic of 14th-century Low Countries hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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John of Arkel held the see of Liège from 1364 to 1378, a tenure defined largely by his conflict with the citizens of Liège themselves — the prince-bishops of this period ruled a territory perpetually at war with its own urban communes. Maastricht, though geographically within the Prince-Bishopric's orbit, sat uncomfortably between Liège and Brabant under a condominium arrangement, meaning coinage struck there carried implicit jurisdictional weight beyond its face value.
Dengis 573 is among the scarcer documented types of the Arkel episcopate.