Small Agnel - William II of Sombreffe

The Lordship of Reckem was a minor feudal holding in the southern Low Countries, and its gold coinage from this period is notable precisely because such small lordships had no business striking gold at all. The agnel type — originally a French royal form — was widely imitated across the feudal patchwork of the Low Countries throughout the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, each lord adapting it under whatever monetary privileges, real or asserted, they could claim.

William II of Sombreffe's tenure at Reckem was long, and the 36-year span attributed to this issue reflects the difficulty of pinning down exact dates for minor feudal coinages where documentary evidence is sparse.