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Counter token - Bureau des Finances
| Location | Spanish Netherlands |
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| Year | 1581 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears an entirely textual design with a circular legend around the periphery and multi-line Latin inscription filling the field, referencing the Bureau des Finances and the date 1581, along with abbreviated titles of Philip II of Spain and Alexander Farnese, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands. No central figural device is present; the lettering is arranged in concentric and horizontal registers across the full surface. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is heavily corroded and encrusted with dark patina obscuring most of the design, though faint traces of a figure possibly riding a chariot with horses can be discerned in low relief. A partial Latin legend is visible along the periphery. |
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