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| Issuer | Bishopric of Utrecht (Dutch States) |
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| Year | 1490 |
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| Value | ½ Stuiver (1) |
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| Obverse description | Quartered shield of arms within a beaded inner circle, the quarters displaying the combined arms of Burgundy and the Bishopric of Utrecht. The upper-left and lower-right quarters bear the Burgundian arms (quarterly France ancient and Brabant), while the upper-right and lower-left quarters display the Utrecht episcopal arms featuring a cross. The shield is rendered in the late Gothic heraldic style typical of the period, occupying the central field. The circumscribed legend in uncial Gothic lettering reads: DAVID DE BVRGONDIE EPIS TRA, identifying the issuer as David of Burgundy, Bishop of Utrecht. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ DAVID ⋆ DE ⋆ BVRGOnDIE ⋆ EPIS ⋆ TRA |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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