Raymond van Oosterhout
Independent researcher and collector of medieval coins of the Low Countries, Crusader Coins, trade coins of the Dutch United Provinces (ducats and leeuwendaalders). Chair of the Circle Medieval Coins of the Royal Dutch Numismatic Society, secretary of the Numismatische Kring Rotterdam.
Genealogical and heraldic research.
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Genealogical and heraldic research.
Operations Management, Process Management, Industrial Engineering, QA/HSE Management, Technische Bedrijfskunde, Mechanical Engineering, Werktuigbouwkunde, Trainer/Instructor/Examiner
Address: Netherlands
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Brabant, Holland & Rethel
Flanders Issues III - VI - VII
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part One.
Flanders Issue V : "Refined" Style subgroup / "Footless" N subgroup / "Serif" L subgroup
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Two.
Issue V : "Rough" Style subgroup / "Narrow" L subgroup / "Curvy" L subgroup
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Three.
Issue V : Unknown Subgroups
Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Four (this report).
Brabant, Holland & Rethel
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part One.
Flanders : Issue V "Refined" Style / "Footless" N / "Serif" L sub-group
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Two.
Flanders : Issue V "Rough" Style / "Narrow" L / "Curvy" L sub-groups
Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Three (this report)
Flanders : Issue V Unknown Sub-groups
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Four.
Brabant, Holland & Rethel
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part One.
Flanders : Issue V "Refined" Style / "Footless" N and "Serif" L sub-groups: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Two (this report)
Flanders : Issue V "Rough" Style / "Narrow" L / "Curvy" L sub-groups
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Three.
Flanders : Issue V Unknown subgroups
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Four.
Since the publication of our report on the BRABAN coins, two interesting, unique, and noteworthy specimens have turned up in the marketplace.
Additionally, some variations of the 'leaf' coins have come to our attention.
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The earliest leeuwengroten of 1337 were minted in Flanders and Brabant, and probably in Holland as well. Based upon the coins at our disposal for study, it does not appear that Hainaut was one of the realms that were minting leeuwengroten from the very beginning (1337), but that minting began slightly later (1338?).
The study of the leeuwengroten (of all regions) is analogous to doing a large jigsaw puzzle. But you don’t have a picture on the box top to work from, you don’t know for sure what the final picture is supposed to look like, and a great many of the pieces are definitely missing. Sometimes you find small clusters of pieces that fit together, but you cannot (yet) see where this new cluster fits into the main puzzle. The example of Hainaut illustrates this analogy well: there are only two main types and very few sub-types, but the story of the Hainaut leeuwengroten is not as simple as one might expect at first glance.
For many years, we have been working with photographs of a meager 8 specimens of Cambrai leeuwengroot (and a handful of 19th century drawings). Recently however, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris put a large number of coin images up on their website, including the 11 Cambrai leeuwengroten found in their collection. These included examples of 2 previously unknown Cambrai types (!). The Paris coins were, in effect, the last coins that we were “waiting for” in order to complete this preliminary report.
This current report contains 3 previously unknown, unreported and unpublished types of Cambrai leeuwengroot, and a fourth type that is not listed in Robert’s catalog (but was first reported in 1932).
Most of the early to mid-14th century coins from Namur seem to be imitations of the coins of the neighboring regions (Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, etc.). Leeuwengroten were struck in the County of Namur at several mints and there are a number of different varieties, all but 2 of which were stuck under count William I “the Rich” (1337-1391), whose long reign spans almost the entire period of leeuwengroot minting in Flanders (and Brabant).
Brabant, Holland & Rethel
Flanders Issues III - VI - VII
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part One.
Flanders Issue V : "Refined" Style subgroup / "Footless" N subgroup / "Serif" L subgroup
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Two.
Issue V : "Rough" Style subgroup / "Narrow" L subgroup / "Curvy" L subgroup
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Three.
Issue V : Unknown Subgroups
Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Four (this report).
Brabant, Holland & Rethel
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part One.
Flanders : Issue V "Refined" Style / "Footless" N / "Serif" L sub-group
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Two.
Flanders : Issue V "Rough" Style / "Narrow" L / "Curvy" L sub-groups
Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Three (this report)
Flanders : Issue V Unknown Sub-groups
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Four.
Brabant, Holland & Rethel
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part One.
Flanders : Issue V "Refined" Style / "Footless" N and "Serif" L sub-groups: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Two (this report)
Flanders : Issue V "Rough" Style / "Narrow" L / "Curvy" L sub-groups
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Three.
Flanders : Issue V Unknown subgroups
See: Complete Catalog of the Coins of the Dokkum Hoard (1932) Part Four.
Since the publication of our report on the BRABAN coins, two interesting, unique, and noteworthy specimens have turned up in the marketplace.
Additionally, some variations of the 'leaf' coins have come to our attention.
.
The earliest leeuwengroten of 1337 were minted in Flanders and Brabant, and probably in Holland as well. Based upon the coins at our disposal for study, it does not appear that Hainaut was one of the realms that were minting leeuwengroten from the very beginning (1337), but that minting began slightly later (1338?).
The study of the leeuwengroten (of all regions) is analogous to doing a large jigsaw puzzle. But you don’t have a picture on the box top to work from, you don’t know for sure what the final picture is supposed to look like, and a great many of the pieces are definitely missing. Sometimes you find small clusters of pieces that fit together, but you cannot (yet) see where this new cluster fits into the main puzzle. The example of Hainaut illustrates this analogy well: there are only two main types and very few sub-types, but the story of the Hainaut leeuwengroten is not as simple as one might expect at first glance.
For many years, we have been working with photographs of a meager 8 specimens of Cambrai leeuwengroot (and a handful of 19th century drawings). Recently however, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris put a large number of coin images up on their website, including the 11 Cambrai leeuwengroten found in their collection. These included examples of 2 previously unknown Cambrai types (!). The Paris coins were, in effect, the last coins that we were “waiting for” in order to complete this preliminary report.
This current report contains 3 previously unknown, unreported and unpublished types of Cambrai leeuwengroot, and a fourth type that is not listed in Robert’s catalog (but was first reported in 1932).
Most of the early to mid-14th century coins from Namur seem to be imitations of the coins of the neighboring regions (Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, etc.). Leeuwengroten were struck in the County of Namur at several mints and there are a number of different varieties, all but 2 of which were stuck under count William I “the Rich” (1337-1391), whose long reign spans almost the entire period of leeuwengroot minting in Flanders (and Brabant).
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