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Denier - Theoderic V Vlaardingen mint
| Issuer | Holland, County of |
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| Year | 1070-1090 |
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| Currency | Groot (-1506) |
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| Reverse description | A short voided cross divides the field into four quarters, each containing a group of three pellets arranged in a triangle, a decorative motif typical of Carolingian-derived Low Countries deniers. The reverse legend FLARDIGA, identifying the Vlaardingen mint, is disposed around the cross within a beaded border. The strike is characteristically irregular, as expected for hammered coinage of this period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Theoderic V ruled Holland through a period of persistent conflict with the Bishop of Utrecht, whose territorial claims over the Rhine delta kept the county in near-constant low-level warfare throughout the 1070s and 1080s. The Vlaardingen mint was one of the few revenue-generating instruments firmly under comital control during this pressure, making its output as much a political instrument as a commercial one.
Kluge Kar. 293 is sparsely represented in major collections.