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1 Duit - Henry of Bavaria Utrecht arms
| Issuer | Bishopric of Utrecht |
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| Year | 1524-1528 |
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| Weight | 1.0 g |
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| Obverse description | Quartered episcopal shield of arms occupying the central field, displaying the Cross of Utrecht in the first and fourth quarters, the rampant Lion of the Palatinate in the second quarter, and the lozengy field of Bavaria in the third quarter. The shield is rendered in a late-medieval heraldic style characteristic of hammered coinage. A Latin legend in Gothic lettering encircles the shield, identifying the issuing authority. The overall composition is consistent with the armorial duit coinage of Henry of Bavaria as Bishop-elect of Utrecht. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Henry of Bavaria held the see of Utrecht from 1524 until his death in 1528, a tenure marked by mounting pressure from Charles V to bring the fractious Guelders conflict under control. The bishopric was effectively being squeezed between Habsburg ambitions and the aggression of Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders, who raided Utrecht territories repeatedly during these years. Small copper duits like this one were the workhorses of daily local exchange, and their issue under Henry reflects a bishopric still exercising independent mint rights that would not survive the decade — Utrecht formally submitted to Habsburg authority in 1528, the same year Henry died.