¼ Plaque - Yolande of Flanders

Features

Issuer	County of Bar (Bar, French States)
Regent	Yolande of France (1344-1349,1352-1353,1357-1359)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1345-1349
Value	½ Groschen (1⁄40)
Currency	Livre
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.98 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 567002
References	Flon# 4, p.466 Dominique Flon; 2002. Histoire monétaire de la Lorraine et des Trois-Évêchés. Société Thierry Alix, Nancy, France (3 volumes).

Obverse

Crowned shield with quartered arms of Bar-Flanders in hexilobe, annulet in each external corner, within inner circle.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: ✠ YOLAnDIS ✿ COmITISSA ✿ BA ✿

Lettering (regular font): ✠ YOLANDIS ✿ COMITISSA ✿ BA ✿

Unabridged legend: Yolandis Comitissa Barransis

Translation: Yolande, Countess of Bar.

Reverse

Cross pattée with crown in each corner.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: ✠ mOnETA ✿ SCS ✿ MIChAELIS

Lettering (regular font): ✠ MONETA ✿ SCS ✿ MICHAELIS

Unabridged legend: Moneta Sanctis Michaelis

Translation: Coinage of Saint-Mihiel.

Mint

Saint-Mihiel, France (1343-1344)

Comments

Yolande of Flanders (of the house of Dampierre) married Henry IV, Count of Bar in 1338, and bore him two sons, Edward and Robert.
When Henry died in 1344, his elder son Edward was only 4 years old, so Yolanda served as regent until his minority ended in 1349.

Unfortunately Edward would also die prematurely in 1352, and Yolande would go on to serve again as regent for her younger son, Robert.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1345-1349)

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