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Rider - Philip the Good
| Issuer | Brabant, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1434-1437 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A quartered Burgundian heraldic shield — displaying the arms of Burgundy ancient, Burgundy modern, Brabant, and Limburg — is superimposed at the center over a floriated long cross whose four arms terminate in elaborate pinecone finials. The spandrels between the cross arms are filled with decorative foliate elements, and the overall design exhibits the refined Gothic craftsmanship characteristic of Burgundian Netherlandish mints. A continuous circular legend in uncial Latin script runs within the beaded border, invoking a biblical benediction. The reverse composition is perfectly centered and balanced, consistent with the high-quality dies employed under Philip the Good. |
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Philip the Good introduced this coin in 1434 as part of a sweeping monetary reform imposed across his Burgundian territories, an attempt to rationalize the chaotic patchwork of coinage circulating through the Low Countries under his expanding dominion. The reform was explicitly political: by issuing coins of identical type across multiple duchies and counties simultaneously, Philip was asserting a unified fiscal authority that his titles alone could not yet guarantee.
The Brabant emission carries its own distinct mint signature within the series, distinguishing it from parallel issues struck at Namur, Holland, and Flanders under the same ordinance.