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Gulden 'St. Jansgulden' - Dirk Loef
| Issuer | County of Horn |
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| Year | 1358-1374 |
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| Value | Florin (Gulden) |
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| Obverse description | A large, boldly rendered fleur-de-lis occupies the central field, its three lobes and stem executed in high relief in the Florentine florin tradition. The lily is flanked by various small heraldic and symbolic devices distributed around the field. A circular legend in uncial Latin characters runs along the inner border, reading the issuer's name and title. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, characteristic of hammered medieval gold coinage. The overall design closely follows the Florentine florin prototype adapted for the County of Horn. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Dirk Loef van Horne ruled a small but strategically positioned lordship in the northern Low Countries, and his gold gulden — popularly known as the St. Jansgulden — belongs to a dense cluster of imitative Rhenish-style gold coinage that proliferated across the Low Countries and the Rhineland during the third quarter of the 14th century. The type takes its name from the figure of St. John, whose presence on these regional gulden was borrowed directly from the prestigious Florentine and later Rhenish prototypes that small lords openly copied to gain monetary credibility. Delmonte's cataloguing of this piece as G#233 places it firmly within that imitative tradition.
The County of Horn was absorbed into Guelders in 1396, ending independent coinage from this line entirely.