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Denier Bracteate - William II of Sombreffe
| Issuer | Lordship of Reckem |
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| Year | 1400-1475 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Quartered heraldic shield displaying the coat of arms of the Lords of Sombreffe, centrally positioned within the coin field. The four quarters of the escutcheon feature alternating heraldic charges rendered in low relief, consistent with the late medieval armorial tradition of the Low Countries. The shield is depicted without a surrounding legend, occupying the full available field within a raised border. The die-work is characteristic of small hammered bracteate coinage of the fifteenth-century Southern Netherlands, with the design showing typical shallow striking and irregular flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Lordship of Reckem was a minor feudal holding in the county of Namur, and its monetary output was correspondingly small — these bracteates circulated locally under the authority of William II of Sombreffe as a practical necessity in thin-money markets where even fractional silver had real purchasing power. Billon this light sits at the absolute margin of medieval minting capability, and surviving examples are rarely intact at the edge.