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Mouton d'Or - Waleran III
| Issuer | Saint-Pol |
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| Year | 1371-1415 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A large ornate cross fleury set within an angled quadrilobe composed of four cusped arches rendered in bold Gothic style, each spandrel filled with a fleur-de-lis. The cross is elaborately floriated with fleurs-de-lis issuing from each arm, and a central rosette at the crossing point, all executed in high relief characteristic of 14th–15th century Flemish hammered gold coinage. The quadrilobe frame creates four lobed compartments decorated with additional foliate and lily motifs in the Gothic manner. The surrounding legend naming Waleran as Count of Ligny runs in Gothic uncial lettering within a beaded circle bordering the coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Waleran III de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, minted this piece during a period when he was one of the most politically nimble figures in northern France — shifting allegiances between the Burgundian and Orleanist factions with calculated precision during the early phases of civil war. The mouton d'or type was originally a royal French issue, and its imitation by regional lords was both an economic convenience and a quiet assertion of autonomy.
The Delmonte G#414bis designation marks this as a variant within an already thinly documented series. Saint-Pol's independent coinage output was modest, and surviving examples of this specific type are rarely encountered outside specialist auctions.