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Daalder - Herman Dirk of Bronckhorst-Batenburg Bust
| Issuer | Barony of Batenburg |
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| Year | 1577 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bareheaded, armored bust of Herman Diederik (Herman Theodorus) facing right, holding a staff or baton in the right hand, with the date divided on either side of the effigy. The legend is contained between two pearled circles encircling the central design, reading in Latin abbreviation the full titulature of the issuer as lord of Bronckhorst, Batenburg, and Stein. The portrait reflects the late Renaissance style typical of Low Countries hammered coinage of the 1570s. |
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| Reverse description | A complex quartered coat of arms, incorporating the heraldic devices of the Bronckhorst-Batenburg lordship, is displayed centrally in the field. The shield is surmounted by two ornate crowned helms with elaborate mantling and crest devices, including an eagle displayed above. The entire composition is encircled by a pearled border, with the Latin motto legend running continuously around the outer margin of the coin. |
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Herman Dirk, who inherited Batenburg in 1568, operated his mint at a moment of maximum political chaos in the Low Countries — the early years of the Dutch Revolt against Spanish Habsburg authority. Minor lordships like Batenburg exploited the breakdown of central control to strike coins that technically violated imperial minting ordinances, and Batenburg was among the more prolific offenders. The daalder series from this mint is notably irregular in die workmanship, with multiple unlisted varieties suggesting small, unsupervised production runs.
The vdCh reference gap (3#–) indicates this specific die combination remains uncatalogued in the van der Chijs corpus.