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Large Agnel - William V of Bavaria
| Issuer | Holland, County of |
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| Year | 1350-1377 |
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| Value | 2 Agnel |
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| Obverse description | A nimbed Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) stands facing left with head turned back to the right, a long cross bearing a banner rising behind it, the whole device enclosed within a beaded inner circle inscribed with arc segments. The peripheral legend, rendered in Gothic lettering, invokes the Lamb of God and names the issuing authority, Duke William. The composition follows the classic French agnel d'or typology adapted for the County of Holland. The execution is characteristic of mid-fourteenth-century Low Countries hammered gold coinage, with bold, deeply cut relief. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A floriated triple cross with a rose at its center occupies the field, with small eagles displayed in each of the four angles formed by the cross arms. The entire device is set within a quadrilobe frame, the exterior angles of which are each filled with an additional small eagle. The design is characteristic of the ornate Gothic decorative vocabulary employed on prestige gold coinage of the Low Countries in the fourteenth century. The reverse legend, distributed around the quadrilobe, carries the triumphal acclamation of Christ in Latin capitals. The overall composition is precise and symmetrical, reflecting the high-status nature of this denomination. |
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