LOW COUNTRIES. Vlaanderen (Flanders). Lodewijk II van Male, 1346-1384. Gouden Shield – Chaise d'Or (Gold, 30 mm, 4.46 g, 1 h), Ghent (Gand) or Mechelen (Malines), 1370/2-1384. Rev. the XPC:VIV"CIT:XPC:R"G"AT:X PC:I"P"RAT Ornate cross fleurée in ornate quadrilobe; rosettes in spanrels. De Mey 205. Delmonte 466. Elsen 38. Friedberg 163. Extremely fine. From an old English collection.The Gouden Schild is an imitation of the Chaise d-Or, a French gold coin first strike in 1303 in the name of Philip IV of France (cf. Duplessy 209). This coin, along with its imitations were widely used during the Hundred Years. They were often employed for ransom payments made for captured nobles This lot can be shipped to a US address.