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1 Noble 'Rose Noble' - Philip II
| Issuer | Utrecht, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1579 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large quatrefoil or rose-window composition dominates the reverse, formed by four interlocking arched lobes, each containing heraldic lions and other devices, radiating from a central multi-pointed star or compass rose in high relief. Small heraldic devices, including crowned lions rampant, are positioned within each lobe and in the spandrels between them. The overall design is elaborately tooled in the hammered tradition, producing a richly textured field characteristic of the Rose Noble type. The date 15-79 is divided and placed within the legend, flanking the design at the upper field. The Latin motto legend encircles the entire composition within a beaded border. |
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Philip II authorized continued production of rose nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands as a deliberate policy of monetary conservatism — maintaining medieval English-derived gold types that merchants across the North Sea trade network already trusted implicitly. Utrecht's issue of 1579 arrived at a particularly fraught moment: the Union of Utrecht was signed that very year, formally uniting the rebellious northern provinces against Spanish rule. A coin struck in Philip's name, in a city that had just joined his enemies, represents one of the sharper ironies in Low Countries numismatics.
Utrecht's output under this type was modest, and Delmonte's attribution confirms it among the scarcer provincial variants of the rose noble series.