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1/3 Volant - Adolph de la Marck with shield
| Issuer | Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
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| Year | 1326-1332 |
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| Currency | Gros (1274-1456) |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Obverse lettering | ✠ ADVLPhVS ⸰ EPVS (Translation: Adolph, Bishop of Liege) |
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Adolph de la Marck's tenure as Prince-Bishop of Liège was defined less by ecclesiastical governance than by constant conflict with the city's burghers and neighboring lords. The volant — a fractional denomination peculiar to the Low Countries monetary system of the early fourteenth century — circulated in a region where political fragmentation made small silver fractions essential for daily trade, with no single authority commanding enough trust for larger denominations to function reliably.
Dengis 542 is among the more elusive fractions of this reign.