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2 Mites - William II of Sombreffe
| Issuer | Lordship of Reckem |
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| Year | 1400-1475 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a quatrefoil design formed by four interlocking or overlapping arcs, enclosing a small central motif, consistent with the standard reverse type of Low Countries mites of the period. The composition is set within a beaded inner circle and surrounded by a circular uncial legend referencing the mint authority of Reckheim, partially legible due to the worn and irregular flan typical of hammered billon issues of this era. |
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Reckem was a tiny lordship in the southern Low Countries, and its coinage rights were exercised sporadically and often contentiously — minor lords of this region frequently minted against the explicit prohibitions of their Burgundian overlords, who were systematically consolidating monetary authority throughout the fifteenth century. William II of Sombreffe operated in precisely that fraught legal space.
The billon composition reflects chronic silver shortages that plagued petty lordship minting across this period, with actual silver content often negligible by the time of striking.