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2 Ducats
| Issuer | Province of Gelderland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1590-1593 |
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| Weight | 6.91 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a large quartered heraldic shield of Castile-León-Aragon-Granada, surmounted by a closed imperial crown flanked by an eagle displayed, all within a beaded inner circle. The quarters display alternately the castles of Castile and the lions of León in the upper portions, with the vertical bars of Aragon and the pomegranate of Granada in the lower quarters, rendered in bold relief characteristic of late sixteenth-century hammered gold coinage. The peripheral legend in Gothic uncial characters reads · DVCAT · OR · GEL · Z · CO · ZVT ·, denoting the gold ducat of Gelderland and the County of Zutphen, running between the beaded border and the inner circle. The die workmanship is typical of the Gelderland mint of the early Dutch Republic period, with the irregular flan edge reflecting the hammered production technique. |
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| Reverse description | Two facing crowned busts in profile, confronted at center within a beaded inner circle: a male figure to the left wearing a crown and draped armored shoulders, and a female figure to the right wearing a crown with flowing hair, their facing profiles nearly touching at center. A mintmaster's mark or initial letter G appears above between the busts, with the initials S·T· visible below between the two effigies. The peripheral legend in Gothic uncial characters, reading · DEVS · COnSTITVIT · TRAnSFERT · REGNA ·, meaning 'God establishes and transfers kingdoms,' encircles the composition between the beaded rim and the inner circle. The bold, slightly naive modelling of the royal portraits is characteristic of hammered gold coinage struck in the northern Netherlands during the late sixteenth century. |
| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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