Flanders. Louis II de Mâle (1346-1384) gold Chaise d'or au lion ND (1369-1384) MS63 NGC, Ghent or Malines mint, Fr-163 (not Fr-152 as noted on label), Schneider-148, Delm-466.  + LVDOVICVS : DЄI x | x GRΛ x | COM' x ? : DnS : FLΛnD', count seated facing on Gothic throne, a sword in his right hand and a shield with a lion supported by his left; all within a tressure of arches with trefoils in the spandrels / + XPC : VIИCIT : XPC : RЄGИΛT : XPC : IИPЄRΛT, cross fleurée in quadrilobe with leaves on cusps and rosettes in spandrels. Generally sharp with excellent visual appeal. One does not see many surviving medieval issues in this quality!

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