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Daalder - Gertrude of Brederode Wildman, date in field
| Issuer | Lordship of Vianen (Dutch States) |
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| Year | 1577 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Standing wildman (homo sylvestris) depicted full-length in the field, holding an uprooted tree trunk in his right hand and the shield of arms of Vianen in his left hand. The last two digits of the date (77) appear divided on either side of the central figure within the inner reeded border circle. The composition reflects the widespread use of the wildman motif in sixteenth-century Low Countries heraldic coinage, conveying themes of strength and natural force. The surrounding Latin legend, drawn from Isaiah, proclaims the issuer's strength in hope and silence. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vianen was a tiny lordship wedged between the major Holland and Utrecht political blocs, and its mint operated largely because the Brederode family had retained the privilege through medieval precedent rather than any practical economic necessity. By 1577, the Dutch Revolt was fracturing coinage authority across the Low Countries — the Union of Utrecht was still two years away, and small lordships were striking their own silver partly to assert continued relevance.
The Gertrude of Brederode attribution places this issue under one of the last periods of active Vianen minting before the lordship's numismatic output became increasingly irregular.