Watch List notes:

Low Countries, Vlaanderen (Flanders). Lodewijk II van Male (1346-1384) AV Gouden flandres (franc a pied). Gand (Ghent) and Mechelen (Mechlin) mint, struck 1346-1384. LVDOVIC ◦ DЄI ⦂ GR ⦂ COᙏ' ⦂ DꞂS ⦂ FLΛꞂDR I Є, Lodewijk standing facing within Gothic canopy, ermines on cloak, holding sword and shield decorated with coat-of-arms, crested helmet to left; FLΛꞂDRES in exergue / ✠ BЄИЄDICTVS ⁑ QVI ⁑ VЄИIT ⁑ IИ ⁑ ИOᙏIИЄ ⁑ DOᙏIИI, cross fleurée and feuillue, lion rampant in central tondo, F L A D in quarters with eagle above each; all within quadrilobe; trefoils in spandrels. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe C18; Vanhoudt G2612; Delmonte, Or 464; Friedberg 161. 4.15g, 31mm, 8h.

Near Mint State. Rare.

From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins;
Privately purchased from Charles H. Wolfe III, 1995 (USD 3,800).