Belgium, Flanders. Louis II de Mâle (1346-84) AV Chaise d'or au lion. Ghent, c.1369-84. + LVDOVICVS:DЄIx xGRΛx COM'xƵ:DnS:FLΛnD', count seated facing on Gothic throne, a sword in his right hand and a shield with a lion supported by his left; all within a tressure of arches with trefoils in the spandrels / +XPC:VIИCIT:XPC:RЄGИΛT:XPC:IИPЄRΛT, cross fleurée in quadrilobe with leaves on cusps and rosettes in spandrels. Delmonte 466; Schneider 148, Friedberg 163. 4.48g, 30mm, 3h.
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From the Dr. Murray Gell-Mann Collection.