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Angelot - William V of Bronckhorst
| Issuer | Barony of Batenburg |
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| Year | 1562 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a large Gothic cross pattée surmounted by a patriarchal cross, with the initials W and B flanking the upright shaft, above a crowned shield bearing the arms of Batenburg. The composition is enclosed within a decorative geometric framework of intersecting diagonal lines forming a star pattern. The surrounding legend, rendered in uncial characters, reads MONETA NOVA AUREA BAT A LXII W B, referencing the new gold coinage of Batenburg dated (15)62 under William Bronckhorst. A beaded inner circle separates the central device from the outer legend. The overall style is characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Netherlandish hammered gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | mOnЄTA ⋆ nOVA ⋆ AVRЄA ⋆ BAT ⋆ A ⋆ LXII W B (Translation: New gold coinage of Batenburg, year (15)62 William Batenburg) |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts the Archangel Michael standing in full figure, shown in three-quarter view, his wings prominently spread, treading upon and slaying a dragon or demon beneath his feet. The archangel is dressed in armour and raises a sword or lance in his right hand while holding a shield in his left, in the tradition of the Anglo-Gallic angel gold coinage type. A nimbus surrounds his head. The encircling legend, in uncial script, reads SANCTVS MICHAEL ARCHANGEL. A beaded border frames the design, which displays the bold, somewhat crude workmanship typical of hammered provincial Netherlandish gold coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. |
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