County of Hainaut Franc "à Pied" - William III of Bavaria, 1365 – 1389

Franc = Livre from County of Hainaut. Issued from 1365 to 1389. Struck in Gold. Measures 0 mm and weighs 3.8 g.

Obverse

The count standing and facing forward under a gothic arch, wearing a crown of roses and a cuirasse with the arms of Bavaria, and holding an upright sword over his right shoulder, and a long fleur-de-lis tipped scepter in his left hand. Five lions in the fieled on each side of the arch (William, by God's grace Count of Hainaut)

Reverse

Floriate triple cross with alternating lions and crowns in the angles inside a quadrilobe with points between the lobes. Eight trefoils in the exterior angles. (Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands)