Code: 12771
This is a medieval silver Double Patard of Charles the Bold of Burgundy, minted between 1468 - 1477 AD.
Obverse: ✠ KAROLVS ⵓ DEI ⵓGRA ⵓ DVX ⵓBG ⵓ BRAB Z ⵓLIM (Charles, by God's grace Duke of Burgundy, Brabant and Limburg) Shield with quartered arms of Burgundy
Reverse: ✠SIT ⵓ NOMEN ⵓ DOMINI ⵓ BENEDICTVM ⵓ AM (Blessed be the name of the Lord. Amen) Floriate cross with a small rampant lion at the centre, within the inner circle
Silver double patards of the dukes of Burgundy, from their territories of Brabant and Flanders, were made legally current in England as equal to groats (i.e. fourpence) in a convention of 1469 between Edward IV and Charles the Bold. They remained in circulation until at least the 1520s. This coin was found in Exeter, so it would have circulated as a groat.
DENOMINATION: 2 Patards (Stuivers)
CULTURE: Medieval Duchy of Brabant (Belgian States)
MONARCH: Charles the Bold
DATE: 1468 - 1477 AD
MATERIAL: Silver
SIZE: 25mm diameter
WEIGHT: 2.98 grams
ATTRIBUTION: Gelder Hoc# 23-1, Vanhoudt# 32-LE
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection, in Exeter.
