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2 Schillings - Gottfried III of Dalenbrok
| Issuer | Lordship of Heinsberg |
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| Year | 1361-1395 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Full-length crowned figure of the lord standing facing, robed, holding a lily-scepter in the right hand and an orb in the left hand, set upon a shield bearing the armorial device of Heinsberg in the lower field. The effigy is rendered in the Gothic style typical of Rhenish coinage of the late 14th century. A beaded inner circle frames the central design, with a Latin legend running in the outer margin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gottfried III ruled Heinsberg through a period of constant friction between the smaller Rhine and Maas lordships and the expanding territorial ambitions of Geldern and Jülich. His coinage was likely struck partly to assert jurisdictional independence during these pressures — the right to mint was among the most jealously guarded of lordly privileges in the lower Rhineland, and exercising it visibly mattered politically. The 34-year span attributed to this issue reflects either a long-running type or imprecise archival dating rather than continuous production.