Groat "with Lion" - William I Bouvignes

Features

Issuer	County of Namur (Belgian States)
Count	William I (Willem I) (1337-1391)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1337-1340
Value	1 Gros
Currency	Groot (-1506)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.65 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 312177
References	Namur# 156 Rénier Hubert Ghislain Chalon; 1860. Recherche sur les monnaies des Comtes de Namur. M. Hayez, Brussels, Belgium.

Obverse

Rampant lion facing left, under a small eagle, surrounded by legend and a border of twelve circles each containing a leaf.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: MOnETA · BOVInES

Lettering (regular font): MONETA · BOVINES

Unabridged legend: Moneta Bovinensis

Translation: Coinage of Bouvignes.

Reverse

Cross pattee intersecting interior legend.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering:
GVI LLE MCO MES
✠ BNDICTV ⋮ SIT ⋮ nOmE ⋮ DHI ⋮ nRI ⋮ DEI ⋮ IhV ⋮ XPI

Lettering (regular font):
GVI LLE MCO MES
✠ BNDICTV ⋮ SIT ⋮ NOME ⋮ DHI ⋮ NRI ⋮ DEI ⋮ IHV ⋮ XPI

Unabridged legend:
Guillelmus Comes
Benedictum Sit Nomen Domini Nostri Iesus Christi

Translation:
Count William.
Blessed be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Mint

Bouvignes, Belgium (1337-1392)

Comments

The gros au lion of William I of Namur imitates the gros "compagnon" of Brabant (see reference below) and leeuwengroot of Flanders which were issued in the late 1330s.

It was minted at Bouvignes and at Namur (Chalon, Namur 106).

Both subtypes are very rare with just a few examples of each known in private collections.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1337-1340)

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