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1 Vlieger
| Issuer | Sneek, City of |
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| Year | 1476-1478 |
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| Weight | 0.35 g |
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| Obverse lettering | mOnETA : nOVA : SnEKEnSIS |
| Reverse description | Central field depicting a standing figure, likely a saint or patron, rendered in a bold but somewhat crude hammered style characteristic of small-denomination Frisian municipal coinage of the late fifteenth century. The figure stands above an oval or crescent-shaped device in the lower field. The surrounding peripheral legend in uncial characters reads IN HOC SIGNO VINCES — the Constantinian motto — separated by stops, enclosed within a beaded or plain inner border. |
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Sneek's civic coinage authority in the 1470s was precarious — the Frisian city operated with considerable autonomy but under constant pressure from the competing jurisdictions of the Bishopric of Utrecht and the emerging influence of the Habsburg Low Countries. The vlieger, a fractional denomination peculiar to Frisian civic mints, was produced in silver so thin that die registration across such a wide flan was chronically inconsistent. Struck examples frequently show only partial impressions.
Delm. 977 is among the scarcer civic attributions in Van Gelder and Hoc's framework for this region.