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Low Countries, Vlaanderen (Flanders). Lodewijk II van Male (1346-1384) AV Oude gouden helm (heaume d'or). Gand (Ghent) mint, struck 1367-1399. LVDOVICVS ⦂ DЄI ◦ GRΛ ⦂ COᙏ' ⦂ DꞂS ⦂ FLΛꞂDR I Є, helmeted coat-of arms with lion rampant supporters; all within Gothic canopy; FLΛꞂDRЄS below / ✠ BЄИЄDICTVS ⁑ QVI ⁑ VЄИIT ⁑ IИ ⁑ ИOᙏIИЄ ⁑ DOᙏIИI, cross fleurée and feuillue, D in quadrilobe at centre; F L Λ Ꞃ in quarters with eagle above each; all within angled octolobe, trefoils flanking angles. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe, p. 159; Vanhoudt G2609; Delmonte, Or 462; Friedberg 159. 6.88g, 36.5mm, 5h.
Near Mint State. Very Rare; in magnificent condition for the type.
From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins;
Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 95, 4 October 2004, lot 207.
Lodewijk II de Mâle inherited the French counties of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel after his father, Lodewijk de Nevers, was killed at the Battle of Crécy by the troops of King Edward III of England in 1346. Lodewijk relied heavily on French support to counter the resistance of the Flemish communes to his despotism, who may have feasibly ousted him if they had united their guilds and resources in opposition. In 1382, Philip Van Arteveld of Ghent took control of Bruge and was made regent of Flanders, only to be killed in November the same year by the French at Roosebeke. Ultimately Lodewijk was to be the last Count of Flanders – following his death in 1384, the county was inherited by his daughter Margaret and her husband Philip the Bold, and became part of the Duchy of Burgundy.
The earliest 14th century gold issues of the Low Countries were imitations of French royal types (for instance, compare lot 840 to 993, 841 to 994, and 843 to 995-8). This magnificent heaume d'or is both the largest and most elaborate of the original types which followed.
Near Mint State. Very Rare; in magnificent condition for the type.
From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins;
Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 95, 4 October 2004, lot 207.
Lodewijk II de Mâle inherited the French counties of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel after his father, Lodewijk de Nevers, was killed at the Battle of Crécy by the troops of King Edward III of England in 1346. Lodewijk relied heavily on French support to counter the resistance of the Flemish communes to his despotism, who may have feasibly ousted him if they had united their guilds and resources in opposition. In 1382, Philip Van Arteveld of Ghent took control of Bruge and was made regent of Flanders, only to be killed in November the same year by the French at Roosebeke. Ultimately Lodewijk was to be the last Count of Flanders – following his death in 1384, the county was inherited by his daughter Margaret and her husband Philip the Bold, and became part of the Duchy of Burgundy.
The earliest 14th century gold issues of the Low Countries were imitations of French royal types (for instance, compare lot 840 to 993, 841 to 994, and 843 to 995-8). This magnificent heaume d'or is both the largest and most elaborate of the original types which followed.