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1/4 Rose noble - Philip II
| Issuer | Overijssel, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1582-1586 |
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| Value | 1/4 Noble = 2 Gulden |
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| Obverse description | Armored figure of Philip II standing upright within a ship, facing forward, wearing a crown and holding a sword in the right hand and a shield bearing the royal arms of Spain in the left. The vessel's hull is rendered in fine detail with a decorative prow. The entire central device is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the Latin legend running continuously around the outer field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ☩ PHS · D · G · HISPANIAR · REX · DO · TRANSISL (Translation: Philip, by God`s grace King of Spain, Lord of Overijssel) |
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Philip II of Spain held the lordship of Overijssel as part of the Habsburg Netherlands inheritance, but by 1582 his authority there was effectively contested — the Union of Utrecht had been signed three years prior, and the northern provinces were in open revolt. Gold coinage struck in his name from Overijssel during this window represents the last gasps of Spanish fiscal legitimacy in a territory rapidly slipping from Habsburg control. The rose noble denomination itself was an English archetype, adopted across the Low Countries for its commercial credibility in North Sea trade circuits.