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Gulden - Arnold of Egmont
| Issuer | Duchy of Guelders |
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| Year | 1423-1473 |
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| Weight | 3.01 g |
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| Reverse description | A quatrefoil or four-lobed trilobe framework divides the field into four compartments, each containing a heraldic shield bearing the arms of the duke's territories: the lion of Gelderland, the eagle of Jülich, and the arms of Zutphen, arranged symmetrically around a central point. The lobed frame is rendered in a pointed Gothic style with cusped terminals. A beaded inner circle surrounds the armorial design, with the circumferential legend in Gothic uncial script running between the inner and outer borders, separated by star or rosette stops. |
| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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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.