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1/2 Stiver - Siege of Maastricht
| Issuer | Brabant, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1579 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | A three-line Latin inscription occupying the central field, reading TRA / AB HI / OBBES, with small stars serving as word separators between abbreviated elements of the siege legend. The date 1579 appears in the exergue, flanked by a star at center, with the Maastricht civic arms dividing the numerals. The entire device is rendered in a crude, utilitarian fashion consistent with emergency wartime production, with irregular flan edges characteristic of hastily struck siege coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ★ TRA ★ AB ★ HISP ★ OBSES ★ 15 79 SESSO * I (Translation: Because of the Siege of Maastricht by the Spaniards) |
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