Daldre - Robert of Berghes

Robert de Berghes held the see of Liège from 1557 until his death in 1564, a tenure defined largely by his attempts to navigate the growing confessional tensions that were fracturing the Low Countries. The Daldre — a Flemish rendering of "thaler" — was the dominant large silver denomination of the region, and its production at Liège reflected the Prince-Bishops' longstanding right to mint coinage as sovereign rulers, a privilege jealously guarded against both Habsburg encroachment and periodic capitular resistance from the cathedral chapter itself.

Dengis 914 is among the scarcer die combinations for this type.