Owner Comments:
ND(1346-84) Cavalier d'or - Design: OBVERSE: Count in armor with heraldic sirecoat, and crested helmet wielding sword, galloping to left on horseback, the horse dressed with heraldic mantle depicting rampant lion. Legend “LVDOVIC 8 DEI GRA 8 COMES 8 FLADRIE” ~ REVERSE: Floriate cross in tressure of quadralobe of four double arcs with trefoils in angles. Legend “ +XRE VINCIT XRE REGNAT XRE INPERAT”.
Mint: Ghent
Mintage: 81,000
References: Fr.156 / Delmonte #458 (Rarity Scale = R.2 – Very Rare) / Gaillard 212/213
Specifications: Diameter – 30.0mm
Weight – 3.890 g. @ 0.9950 Gold = .1433 oz AGW
Acquired: April 2006
Providence: None
Notes:
Ø Minted under the rule of the Count Louis (Lodewijk) de Maele. Count de Maele’s rule was one of the longest and most stable of the times (1346-1384), which set the stage for prosperity and creativity in the Low Countries for the next 300 years.
Ø This coin was the last of 11 types of gold coins minted under de Maele. It was modeled after the French kingdom’s chaise d’or. The lion on the shield designates this coin as Flemish. The French version has no shield.
Ø This coin is sometimes referred to as a Cavalier d'or. (Delmonte)