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Description: | Medieval coin; struck silver double petard of Flanders, minted for Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy 1467-1477.Obv. Squared shield of Burgundy. Lion rampant in the centre.KAROLVS:DEI:GRA:DVX:[BV]RG:CO:FLA with double annulet stops (translating as Charles, by the grace of God Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders)Rev. Ornate short cross fleury with arrows at the terminals. Expanded in the centre to contain a fleur de lys.SIT:NOMEN:DOMINI:BENEDICTVM with double annulet stops (translating as May the Name of the Lord be Blessed).Diameter 26.6mm, thickness 0.5mm, weight 2.73gIn 1469, following an agreement made between Edward IV and Charles the Bold, these coins were made legal tender in England and remained so for over 60 years afterwards; they crop up in hoards (in steadily declining numbers) until well into Henry VIII's reign. The Burgundian rulers were seen as friends of the English and this is the main reason that this type of foreign coin was allowed to circulate here. The metal is not quite sterling value, so although they were the same size as an English groat, they may have passed for a little less than four pence. They presumably finally disappeared during the Henrician debasements of the early 1540s.Compare other examples on the database, such as HAMP-399633
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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