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1 Patard / Stiver - Albert and Isabella
| Issuer | Brabant, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1612-1621 |
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| Diameter | 23 mm |
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| Obverse description | A floriated cross occupies the center of the field, with the conjoined initials A and E (for Albertus and Elisabeth) interlaced at its center. The entire device is enclosed within a quadrilobe border, the arms of which divide the surrounding Latin legend. The design is characteristic of the hammered billon coinage produced for the Spanish Netherlands under the joint sovereigns Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella. |
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| Obverse lettering | ALBERTVS ET ELISABET D G |
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Albert and Isabella ruled the Spanish Netherlands as co-sovereigns under a unique arrangement negotiated by Philip II — Isabella's father — who transferred sovereignty as part of her marriage contract in 1598. The arrangement was conditional: if the couple died without heirs, the territory reverted to Spain, which is precisely what happened after Albert's death in 1621. Coinage struck under their joint authority therefore spans only that twenty-three-year window, ending not with conquest but with inheritance law.
Billon issues of this type circulated hard in the southern provinces and are rarely found without significant wear.