½ Groat - John III English type

½ Groat - John III (English type) - obverse½ Groat - John III (English type) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Duchy of Brabant (Belgian States)
Duke John III (1312-1355)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1338
Value ½ Groschen (Groot)
Currency Groot (1183-1506)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.0 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246871
References Witte# 354
Alphonse De Witte; 1894. Histoire monétaire des Comtes de Louvain, Ducs de Brabant et marquis du Saint Empire Romain / Tome 1. Veuve de Backer, Antwerp, Belgium.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Forward-facing crowned bust of Duke John, inside polylobe

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: ✠ MOnETA BRVXELLEnSIS

Lettering (regular font): ✠ MONETA BRVXELLENSIS

Translation: Coinage of Brussels

Reverse

Long cross pattée with three pellets in each corner, dividing interior legend

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering:
Interior: SIG nVM CRV CIS
Exterior: ✠ BNDICTV : SIT : NOmEN : DNI : nRI

Lettering (regular font):
INTERIOR: SIG NVM CRV CIS
EXTERIOR: ✠ BNDICTV : SIT : NOMEN : DNI : NRI

Translation:
Interior: Sign of the cross
Exterior: Blessed is the name of the Lord

Mint

Royal Mint of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium (983-2017)

Comments

Unlike other coins on the continent that were made to resemble English coins for deceptive purposes, deWitte says this coin was probably made as part of a monetary union between parts of the Holy Roman Empire and England at the beginning of the Hundred Years' war. John's mother was Margaret of England, the daughter of Edward I of England.

Though deWitte give the mass of this coin as 2.0 grams, the example shown in the photo weighs 1.54 g.

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