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Helmeted Lion - Louis II de Mâle
| Issuer | County of Flanders |
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| Year | 1365-1370 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Within an elaborate Gothic architectural framework of twin pinnacled columns and tracery, the helmeted lion of Flanders stands rampant to the left, wearing a visored helm and full armour, the tail raised and curled, set upon a decorative base. The word FLANDRES appears in the lower exergue within the architectural frame, serving as a territorial designation integrated into the design. A beaded inner circle separates the central device from the surrounding circumferential legend in Gothic uncial characters. The overall composition exemplifies the refined Gothic heraldic style characteristic of mid-fourteenth-century Flemish gold coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A large cross fleurée with elaborately cusped and foliated terminals dominates the field, its four arms terminating in fleur-de-lis finials and enclosing trefoil ornaments at the junctions. The initial letters F, L, Λ, and n are placed one in each quarter, with the letter D at the centre of the cross, all rendered in Gothic uncial script. The overall design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, beyond which runs the circumferential legend in Gothic uncial characters. The composition is characteristic of the ornate Gothic cross-type reverses employed on high-denomination Flemish gold issues of the fourteenth century. |
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| Reverse lettering | FLAnDRES in exergue / + BEИEDICTVS : QVI : VEИIT : IИ : ИOMIИE : DOMIИI (Translation: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord) |
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