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Gold Ecu - Maximilian of Berghes
| Issuer | Bishopric of Cambrai |
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| Year | 1568 |
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| Currency | Évêché de Cambrai |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the quartered heraldic shield of Maximilian of Berghes, Archbishop of Cambrai, surmounted by an imperial double-headed eagle displayed above the escutcheon. The quarters bear the arms associated with his various titles and territories, including lions and other heraldic charges. The shield is encircled by a beaded inner border, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery of the coin. The design is executed in the robust hammered style characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century ecclesiastical coinage of the Low Countries. |
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| Obverse lettering | M A BERG ARCH Z D CA S IP PR CO CA |
| Reverse description | Imperial double-headed eagle displayed, with both heads facing outward and surmounted by a single imperial crown above the junction of the necks, the breast bearing a shield or orb. The spread wings and talons are rendered in bold relief typical of hammered gold coinage. The date 1568 appears incorporated within the surrounding Latin legend, which references Emperor Maximilian II as perpetual Augustus and Roman Emperor. A beaded border frames the design, consistent with the reverse type of gold ecus struck under imperial suzerainty. |
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