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| 背面描述 | A four-line Latin inscription occupies the central field, divided horizontally by a hand issuing from the right side of the coin grasping an upraised sword — a symbol of defiance and military resolve characteristic of siege coinage. The value XVI, rendered in Roman numerals, appears in the exergue below the inscription. The overall layout and irregular flan reflect the emergency nature of this issue, struck during the Spanish siege of Maastricht in 1579. |
| 背面文字 | Latin |
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Maastricht endured two major sieges in its history, but this piece dates to the first and more catastrophic — the Spanish capture of 1579, when Alessandro Farnese's forces took the city after a brutal four-month assault. The sack that followed killed an estimated 8,000 inhabitants. Siege coinage was struck from whatever metal was at hand, authorised by the desperate municipal and garrison authorities to pay troops and maintain commerce when regular coin supply was cut off.
Copper emergency issues of this type circulated only as long as the siege lasted. Farnese entered Maastricht on June 29, 1579.