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2 Florins - Siege of 1584-1585

Uitgever City of Brussels (Siege Mint)
Jaar 1584
Type Emergency coin
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Beschrijving keerzijde Uniface bracteate reverse showing the incuse mirror impression of the obverse legend and diamond border, visible as a faint, sunken relief against the plain hammered gold surface. The field is uneven and shows the characteristic distortion of a thin gold sheet struck by a single die, with irregular folds and creases at the corners and edges of the planchet. No additional devices, legends, or mint marks are present on this side, consistent with the bracteate technique employed for this emergency issue produced under the exigencies of the siege of Brussels.
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Muntplaats Brussels (Siege Mint)
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Aanvullende informatie

Brussels struck emergency coinage during the siege laid by Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, whose methodical strangulation of the city's supply lines beginning in 1584 eventually forced capitulation in March 1585. The mint operated under extreme material constraints — gold of irregular fineness was sourced locally, which accounts for the weight inconsistencies documented across surviving examples of this type.

Farnese's siege of Brussels is often overshadowed by his subsequent reduction of Antwerp later that same year, but the Brussels coinage is considerably rarer.

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