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Gulden - Arnold of Egmont
| Issuer | Duchy of Guelders |
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| Year | 1423-1473 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Full-length effigy of the crowned duke Arnold of Egmont standing facing in the field, clad in armour and ducal robes, holding an upright sword in his right hand and an orb or shield in his left. The figure is rendered in the Gothic style typical of late medieval Low Countries coinage. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, with the circumferential legend in Gothic uncial script running between the inner and outer borders, punctuated by rosette or star stops. |
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| Obverse lettering | ARnOLD' DVX GEL Z IVL Z CO' Z' (Translation: Arnold, Duke of Gelderland and Julich, Count of Zutphen) |
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Arnold of Egmont's tenure as Duke of Guelders was defined almost entirely by conflict — with the Habsburgs, with his own nobility, and eventually with his son Adolf, who had him imprisoned in 1465 and held him for several years in an attempt to seize the duchy outright. The gold gulden issued across this long and turbulent reign reflects a period when ducal authority in Guelders was genuinely contested, not merely ceremonially so.
The fifty-year span of this type makes precise dating within the series difficult. Delmonte G#606 covers several die variants across that window.