Owner Comments:
ND(1355-83) Pieter d'or - Design: OBVERSE: Haloed bust of St. Peter holding book and key, in a tressure of nine arches, above a quartered shield with two-tailed lions of Bohemia and Limburg (quatrants 1 and 4) and the single-tailed lions of Brabant and Luxemburg (quatrants 2 and 3). Legend – “Wenceslaus et Johanna dei gratia Brabantiae” ~ REVERSE: The cross transformed into ornament, with a rosette in the center. Legend – “Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat”
Mint: Louvain
Mintage: ??
References: Fr.11 / Delmonte #45 - Rarity Scale = R. (Not Common)
Specifications: 27.3mm / 4.05g. @ .9950 Gold = 0.1296 oz AGW
Acquired: August 2006
Notes:
- Minted under the rule of Duchess Johanna and Duke Wenceslaus. (1355-1383)
- The Duchy of Brabant occupied the area of modern Belguim and the Southern Netherlands between rivers Maas and Scheldt. Brabant was a wealthy land due mainly to her cloth industry.
- The coin took its name from the bust of St. Peter on the obverse who was the patron saint of Louvain, where they were struck. The Pieter was struck starting in 1374 continuing without alteration until 1383.
- This coin was very popular and was imitated by the neighboring Prince-bishop of Liege, Jean d’Arckel (Reference Fr.281)