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2 Reales - Philip IV
| Issuer | City of Aire-sur-la-Lys (besieged) |
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| Year | 1641 |
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| Shape | Octagonal (8-sided) |
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| Obverse description | The entire field is occupied by a six-line Latin inscription in bold Roman capitals, reading PHIL IIII / REX. / PATER / PATRIAE / ARIA OBS / 1641. II., proclaiming Philip IV as King and Father of the Fatherland and recording the siege of Aire (obsidio) in 1641, with the denomination II (2 Reales) at the lower right. The lettering is rendered in high relief against a flat, unadorned field, with a fine milled or beaded border running along all eight sides of the octagonal flan. The design is purely typographic, entirely devoid of portraiture or heraldic imagery, reflecting the emergency nature of the issue. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, presenting a flat, unworked silver surface with no devices, inscriptions, or decorative elements of any kind. The octagonal shape of the flan is defined by a raised rim along all eight edges, consistent with milled production. The plain reverse is characteristic of this emergency siege coinage, struck hastily under wartime conditions during the Franco-Spanish conflict of 1641. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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