Philip the Good, Duc of Burgundy (1419-67)

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Philippe le Hardi (1384-1404)

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Double gross, 32mm, 3.81gr. Obv: +PHILIPP:DEI:G:DX:BVRG:...:COM:FLAND, central lion with quartered shield. Rev: +SIT:NOME:DOMIN:BENEDICTVM, central cross going to the edge of the coin, bisecting the shield. This coin is called a 'gros botrager.' R8301. For background on his life and times see the Philippe le Hardi  page

AR grand blanc, 25mm, 2.84gr. Obv: +IOHANES:DUX:BVRGNDIE, central quartered shield. Rev: +SIT:NOME:DNI:BENEDICTV, central cross with opposing lis and lions. R7821; Boud 1224; PdA 5723. For background on his life and times see the Jean san Peur page. (In a delightful instance of physio-temporal asynchroneity this coin was in my pocket when I visited the ducal palace in Dijon where he was born.)

AR double gros vierlander, 28mm. Obv: PHS:DEI:GRA:DVX:BVRG:Z:COMES:FLAND, central shield, 1 and 3 full quarters, 2 and 4 split quarters. Rev: +MONETA:NOVA:COMITIS:FLAND, ornate cross with lis in center, lis and lions in opposite quadrants. R7981, Boudeau 2263.

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AR grand blanc, 26mm, 2.97gr. Obv: +DVX:ET: --------, central PHILIPVS over two shields. Rev: +SIT:NOMEN:DEI:GRA--BENEDICTVM, central +, lis and ? over PHILIPVS. Mint is Chaussia in the Franche-Comte. Seller ID Dumas 15-7-3 and R. Not in R, Boud, PdA.

For the life and times of Philip the Good and the Hundred Year's War look on the HYW pages.

AR blanc, 26mm, 2.86g. Obv: +KAROLVS:DVX.ET.COMES.BUR, shield with seven quarters surmounted by a briquet bracketed by two X's. Rev: +SIT.NOMEN.DNI.BENEDICTV, St. Andre cross, 2 briquets and 2 lis. R7824; Boud 1243; PdA 5745.

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AR double patard of Flanders, 27mm, 2.84gr. Obv: +K(?)AROLVS:DEI:GRA:DVX:BVRG:Z:COMES:FLA, divided central shield, 1 and 3 full quarters, 2 and 4 split. Rev: +SIT:NOMEN:DOMINI:BENEDICTVM, ornate cross with lis at center. R7884, Boudeau 2267; Duyts 211.

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AR double patard of Flanders, 26mm, 2.94gr. Obv: +K(?)AROLVS:DEI:GRA:DVX:BVRG:Z:COMES:FLAND, divided central shield, 1 and 3 full quarters, 2 and 4 split. Rev: +SIT:NOMEN:_DOMT:B_:BENEDICTVM, ornate cross with lis at center. R7884, Boudeau 2267. Second coin: 26mm, 2.81gr.

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