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1 Goldgulden - Anonymous
| Issuer | Barony of Batenburg (Dutch States) |
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| Year | 1516-1525 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a stylized quatrefoil or four-lobed Gothic frame enclosing an orb or globus cruciger, rendered in the bold, low-relief style typical of early sixteenth-century hammered goldgulden. A small star or mullet appears at the apex of the quatrefoil within the frame. The entire central motif is set within a beaded inner circle, with the peripheral Latin legend running between the inner beaded border and the irregular hammered rim. |
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| Reverse description | Standing full-length figure of Saint John the Baptist occupying the central field, depicted facing frontally in flowing robes with a nimbus about his head, holding the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) in his right arm — a standard iconographic convention on goldgulden of this period closely modelled on Florentine fiorino prototypes. The figure is rendered in low hammered relief with schematic drapery folds. A beaded inner circle surrounds the figure, and the peripheral Latin legend, interrupted by rosette or floral stops, runs along the outer margin of the coin. |
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Batenburg was a minor lordship on the Guelders-Brabant border, and its anonymous goldgulden issues from this period were almost certainly struck to exploit the monetary confusion of the Guelders Wars — the prolonged conflict between Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders, and the Habsburgs. Small lordships with minting rights routinely debased or underweight their gold to profit from currency arbitrage, circulating coins that superficially resembled the dominant Rhenish gulden but met no consistent weight standard.
The anonymous attribution in Delmonte reflects genuine uncertainty about which lord authorized these strikes.