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21/2 Patards `1/2 Sprenger` - Gerard de Groesbeeck
| Issuer | Prince-bishopric of Liege (Belgian States) |
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| Year | 1564-1580 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Crowned oval escutcheon bearing the quartered arms of Groesbeeck, set within an ornate Renaissance cartouche with scrollwork supporters, all contained within a beaded inner circle. The heraldic shield is surmounted by a bishop's crown or mitre-like ornament. A Latin legend encircles the periphery, separated from the inner field by the beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | GERARDVS · A · GROISBEECK · EPISC · LEOD (Translation: Gerard of Groesbeeck, Bishop of Liege) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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