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Low Countries, Antwerpen (Antwerp). Lodewijk IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316-1378) AV Gouden schild (chaise d'or). Antwerpen (Antwerp) mint, struck after 1388. ✠ LVDOVICVS ⁑ DЄI ˣ ˣ GRA ˣ ˣ ROMAꞂORVM INP', Lodewijk seated facing on Gothic throne set on dais decorated with seven saltires, holding sword and shield decorated with imperial arms; all within tressure of eight arcs; trefoils in spandrels / ✠ XP'C ⦂ VIꞂCIT ⦂ XP'C ⦂ RЄGNAT ⦂ XP'C ⦂ IИPЄRAT, cross treflée; • within quadrilobed at centre; 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. 4.50g, 30mm, 11h.
Good Extremely Fine; light red tone, slight wave, in excellent state of preservation for the issue.
Ex Ponterio & Associates, Auction 133, 14 January 2005, lot 1037.
The chaise d'or was based on the French Gothic design of the écu a la chaise issued by Philip VI of France.
Good Extremely Fine; light red tone, slight wave, in excellent state of preservation for the issue.
Ex Ponterio & Associates, Auction 133, 14 January 2005, lot 1037.
The chaise d'or was based on the French Gothic design of the écu a la chaise issued by Philip VI of France.