Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Daalder 'St. Martinusdaalder' - Philip of Montmorency PHS
| Issuer | Horn |
|---|---|
| Year | 1540-1568 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | St. Martin depicted on horseback, his sword raised to divide his cloak for a seated beggar shown below in the field. The coat of arms of Weert appears in the lower field beneath the horse. The entire design is framed by a continuous Latin legend contained between two pearled (beaded) circles, with the lettering rendered in a characteristic late medieval hammered style. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | SANCTVS ★ MARTINV PATRONVS ★ WIERTEN` (Translation: Saint Martin, Patron of Weert) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Philip of Montmorency, Count of Horn, was one of the leading Catholic noblemen of the Habsburg Netherlands who nevertheless opposed the Duke of Alba's repressive policies — a contradiction that cost him everything. Despite his loyalty to Philip II in matters of faith, he was arrested in 1567 alongside Egmont and beheaded in Brussels the following year, making him a martyr figure in the Dutch revolt. Coins bearing his authority thus carry a hard terminus: nothing was struck in his name after June 1568.
Horn's mint production was limited by both geography and politics, which accounts for the relatively modest surviving population of this type.