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| Emittent | Siege of Middelburg (Dutch Republic) |
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| Jahr | 1572 |
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| Prägetechnik | Hammered, Klippe |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Square klippe flan with clipped corners, struck on an irregularly trimmed silver planchet. The central device consists of a raised circular field enclosed by a beaded inner border, bearing the abbreviated Latin inscription D.R.P. / F.MID / 1572 in three lines, surmounted by a patriarchal cross above the uppermost line. To the left and right of the central circle, in the broad angular corners of the klippe, appear two small heraldic shields in relief: the left bearing a rampant lion above waves (arms of Zeeland), and the right displaying a tower (arms of Middelburg). The overall design is characteristic of siege emergency coinage produced under the most austere conditions, with minimal artistic elaboration and emphasis on legibility of the loyalty declaration. |
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| Averslegende | . D . R . P . F . MIDD . · 1 · 5 · 7 · 2 (Translation: Faithful to God, the king, and the nation.) |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Middelburg, the principal city of Zeeland, came under Spanish siege in 1572 as the Sea Beggars seized control of the surrounding waterways. Cut off by sea and increasingly by land, the Spanish garrison inside the city was forced to produce emergency coinage from whatever silver could be gathered — plate, jewelry, church silver. This piece is among the earliest dateable siege issues of the Dutch Revolt.
The Delmonte and HPM references place it within a small, well-documented group. Surviving examples are genuinely scarce; the siege ended with Spanish capitulation in February 1574, and the total output of the Middelburg mint across its roughly eighteen months of operation was never large.