EXTREMELY RARE (1346-84) FLANDERS PURE SILVER GROS - NGC CERTIFIED WITH SPECIAL LABEL
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(1346-84) Flanders, Louis of Male. Silver Gros (1/2 Botdraeger) Coin. NGC Certified!
Mint Year: 1346-1384 AD
Denomination: Gros (1/2 Botdraeger)
Mint Place: Bd.2232 (3 f.) - Lucas/LiègeG227. RARE
Condition: Certified By NGC As AUTHENTIC
Material: Pure Silver
* Obverse: Crowned heraldic lion of Flanders left, wearing a plummed helmet. All within polylobe.
Legend: LVDOVIC: DEI: GRA: COM Z: D: FLANDRIE
* Reverse: Large central cross splitting double band of legends.
Inner Legend: + MON-ETA - FLAD-RIE,
Outer Legend:+ BENED-ICT: Q: VE-NIT: I: NO-MINE: DI
The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders from the 9th century until the abolition of the position by the French revolutionaries in 1790. Although the early rulers, from Arnulf I onwards, were sometime referred to as margraves or marquesses, this alternate title largely fell out of use by the 12th century. Since then the rulers of Flanders have only been referred to as counts. The counts of Flanders enlarged their estate through a series of diplomatic manoeuvres. The counties of Hainaut, Namur, Béthune, Nevers, Auxerre, Rethel, Burgundy, and Artois were acquired via marriage with the respective heiresses. The county of Flanders itself suffered the same fate. By the marriage of Margaret III, Countess of Flanders with Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, the county and the subsidiary counties were absorbed into the Duchy of Burgundy in 1405.
Louis II of Flanders (25 October 1330, Male – 30 January 1384, Lille), also Louis III of Artois and Louis I of Palatine Burgundy, known as Louis of Male, was the son of Louis I of Flanders and Margaret I of Burgundy. He was Count of Flanders from 1346 until his death.