Brabant. Jean III (1312-1355) gold Chaise d'Or ND (1338) AU53 NGC, Antwerp mint, Fr-4, Delm-223 (R1). 4.43gm. Struck in the name of Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria. +LVDOVICVS: DЄI • | • GRA • | • ROИAnORVM: IHP' (saltire and double saltire stops), Louis, crowned, seated facing on Gothic throne, sword in right hand, resting left on shield of Bavaria; all within tressure with trefoils in spandrels / +XP'C: VInCIT: XP'C: RЄGNAT: XP'C: INPЄRAT (double annulet stops), cross fleurée with voided quatrefoil in center and at the ends of the limbs, leaves in angles; all within a quadrilobe with trefoils in spandrels. A somewhat lesser-seen Dutch imitative type, whose ultimate inspiration clearly stems from the Ecu d'Or a la chaise of Philippe VI of France. Unbent and almost perfectly round, it is quite easy to say that this pieces ranks near the upper end of its grade as assigned by NGC.

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