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2 Groot "Botdrager" - Stephen of Zuylen
| Issuer | Lordship of Anholt (Dutch States) |
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| Year | 1365-1391 |
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| Diameter | 30 mm |
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| Obverse description | A rampant lion passant to the left, wearing a large tournament helmet, enclosed within a beaded inner circle composed of fifteen small arcs forming a lobate border. The heraldic figure is rendered in the angular Gothic style typical of late 14th-century Low Countries coinage. The legend in uncial Latin script runs continuously around the outer field, identifying the issuer as Stephen, Lord of Zuylen and Anholt. Pellets serve as word separators throughout the inscription. |
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| Reverse description | A short floriated cross with ornamental terminals occupies the center of the coin within a beaded inner circle, dividing the field into four equal quadrants. The cross is rendered in the Gothic fleur-de-lis style characteristic of contemporary Low Countries grosschen coinage. Two concentric circular legends in uncial Latin script surround the inner circle, the outer reading the mint attribution and the inner providing additional identifying text. The overall design follows the standard botdrager typology derived from Flemish gros prototypes. |
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Stephen of Zuylen acquired the lordship of Anholt in 1365, and like many minor Netherlandish lords of the period, he exercised minting rights aggressively — partly as a revenue stream, partly as a declaration of jurisdictional independence from larger neighboring powers. The "Botdrager" type, named for the figure carrying a shield, was a common format among Low Countries lordships imitating Flemish groot coinage, and Anholt's version circulated well beyond its tiny territorial base.
Van der Chijs remains the foundational reference for this material, and catalogue numbers in this series are thinly documented — surviving specimens are rare enough that die studies have never been systematically undertaken.