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1 Patard - Robert of Berghes
| Issuer | Prince-bishopric of Liege (Belgian States) |
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| Year | 1561 |
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| Reference(s) | Dengis Liege#919 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central motif consisting of a cross with forked terminals enclosing a pellet in a voided center, superimposed over an inner quadrilobe inscribed within a beaded circle, the arms of the cross dividing the surrounding legend into four sections. The quadrilobe creates elegant Gothic cusped compartments in each quarter of the field. A beaded inner circle encloses the entire central device, with the abbreviated Latin titulature legend distributed around the periphery, separated by stops. The overall design is consistent with the standard reverse type employed for patards of the Prince-bishopric of Liege during the mid-16th century. |
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Robert de Berghes held the see of Liège from 1557 until his death in 1564, a tenure complicated by the spreading influence of Calvinist reform in the Low Countries and sustained pressure from both Habsburg and French interests on the prince-bishopric's fragile independence. The patard was a workhorse denomination across the southern Netherlands throughout the sixteenth century, its silver content already under strain from decades of debasement politics that pitted secular lords against ecclesiastical mints competing for seigniorage.
Dengis 919 is not a common attribution in dealer stock — Liège episcopal coinage of this period is systematically underrepresented in major collections outside Belgium.