★ Virtually as struck ★

LOW COUNTRIES. Vlaanderen (Flanders). Lodewijk II van Male, 1346-1384. Gouden Schild – Chaise d'Or (Gold, 31 mm, 4.49 g), Ghent (Gand) or Mechelen (Malines), circa 1370/2-1384. ✠ LVDOVICVS:DЄIx - xGRAx - COm'xΓ:DnS:FLAnD' Lodewijk enthroned facing, holding sword in his right hand and resting his left on coat of arms; all within tressure of eight arcs, with trefoils in spandrels. Rev. ✠ XPC⦂VIИCIT⦂XPC⦂RЄGИAT⦂XPC⦂IИPЄRAT Ornate cross fleurée in ornate quadrilobe; rosettes in spandrels. De Mey, Flanders 205. Delmonte 466. Elsen 38. Friedberg 163. A splendid, fresh and sharply struck piece. Virtually as struck.