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1/8 Groot - Elizabeth
| Issuer | Megen, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1414-1418 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing a heraldic shield, likely displaying the arms of the Lordship of Megen, surmounted or flanked by a long cross that extends toward the coin's periphery, dividing the field into quadrants. The execution is characteristic of late medieval hammered billon coinage, with somewhat crude but intentional relief. A partial circular legend in uncial Latin letters runs along the outer edge, partially legible due to the irregular flan and surface wear. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELISEBET... (Translation: Elizabeth...) |
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Megen was a small lordship on the Maas in Guelders, and its coinage rights during Elizabeth's rule were frequently contested by neighboring powers. The fractional groot denominations struck here were local responses to chronic small-change shortages that plagued the lower Rhine region in the early fifteenth century — a problem so persistent that dozens of minor lords issued near-identical billon fractions, making attribution today genuinely difficult without die study.