Small Agnel 'Petit Mouton d'Or' - John IV

John IV inherited Brabant in 1415 at age fourteen, with real power initially exercised by regents while the duchy navigated the turbulent aftermath of Agincourt and shifting Burgundian pressure. The petit mouton d'or series draws directly from French royal agnels — the Valois prototype had circulated so widely across the Low Countries that local dukes adopted the type wholesale to satisfy commercial demand for recognizable gold currency in cross-border trade.

Delmonte G#54 is among the scarcer Brabantine gold issues of the period, reflecting John IV's relatively unstable finances and his eventual forced cession of considerable ducal authority to the Estates in 1422.