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4 Mites - François d'Alençon, Ghent Revolt
| Issuer | Flanders, County of |
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| Year | 1582 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | The rampant lion of Flanders occupies the central field, depicted facing left with raised forepaw and curling tail, rendered in the vigorous late-medieval heraldic style typical of Southern Netherlands coinage. The denomination numeral IIII appears to the upper left of the lion, flanked by rosette stops. The mint name GHENT is inscribed to the right, with the date 1582 positioned in the lower exergual area beneath the lion. The legend reads ❀ IIII ❀ GHENT ❀ 1582, denoting the four-mite issue of Ghent. The flan is characteristically irregular, with visible flan cracks consistent with hammered copper coinage of this period. |
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| Mintage | 1582 - - 7,182 |
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François d'Alençon — younger brother of Henri III of France — accepted the lordship of the Low Countries in 1581 under the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe, the Act of Abjuration that formally deposed Philip II. Ghent had been a flashpoint for radical Calvinist politics throughout the revolt, and coinage issued in his name from that city carried immediate political weight. His tenure collapsed spectacularly in 1583 after the "French Fury" at Antwerp, when his troops attempted a coup and were massacred in the streets.
The Martiny G3#170 attribution places this among a tightly documented series from a genuinely short-lived issuing authority.