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LOW COUNTRIES, Antwerpen (Antwerp). Lodewijk IV. Holy Roman Emperor, 1316-1378. AV Gouden schild – chaise d'or (30.5mm, 4.48 g, 11h). Antwerpen (Antwerp) mint. Struck after 1388. + LVDOVICVS DЄI GRA ROmANORVm INP', Lodewijk seated facing on Gothic throne set on daïs decorated with seven saltires, holding sword and shield decorated with imperial arms; all within tressure of eight arcs; trefoils in spandrels; double saltire and saltire stops / + XP'C VInCIT XP'C RЄGNAT XP'C INPЄRAT, cross treflée; in center of cross, • within quadrilobe; all within quadrilobe, trefoil fleurée at end of each arc; trefoil in spandrels. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 330 (for French prototype); Delmonte, Or 223; De Mey 290; Friedberg 176. Lightly toned, slightly wavy flan. EF.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Ponterio 133 (14 January 2005), lot 1037.
The chaise d'or was modeled after its French Gothic prototype, the écu a la chaise of Philip VI of France.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Ponterio 133 (14 January 2005), lot 1037.
The chaise d'or was modeled after its French Gothic prototype, the écu a la chaise of Philip VI of France.