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1/2 Kromstaart
| Issuer | Dokkum, City of |
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| Year | 1430-1440 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | A short voided cross divides the field into four quadrants, each bearing alternating charges consisting of the arms of Dokkum, a sun, and waxing crescent moons. The design is rendered in the crude, hand-struck style typical of mid-fifteenth-century Frisian municipal coinage. The peripheral legend reads MONETA NOVA DOCKVM in Latin characters, encircling the central cross motif. The overall strike is irregular, consistent with hammered technique on a hand-cut flan. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A displayed eagle occupies the central field, incorporating or surmounted by the heraldic arms of the city of Dokkum, serving as the principal emblem of municipal authority. The eagle is rendered in a stylised Gothic manner characteristic of Frisian civic coinage of the first half of the fifteenth century. The surrounding peripheral legend reads BENEDICT QVI VENIT in Latin, a devotional phrase referencing the Biblical acclamation. The strike is irregular and the flan shows typical edge weakness associated with hammered production. |
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