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Gulden - David of Burgundy
| Issuer | Bishopric of Utrecht |
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| Year | 1492 |
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| Currency | Groot (1024-1528) |
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| Reverse description | King David, crowned and nimbed, is depicted enthroned in full frontal view upon an elaborate Gothic throne, holding a harp in his left hand, rendered in the style typical of late medieval ecclesiastical coinage. Below the enthroned figure, the shield of the Bishopric of Utrecht — bearing a cross — is prominently displayed in the lower field. Flanking the throne are Gothic architectural elements including canopied finials. The circumferential Latin legend, punctuated by rosette stops, references the biblical election of David, encircling the entire design within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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David of Burgundy, illegitimate son of Philip the Good, held the see of Utrecht from 1456 until his death in 1496 — a tenure marked by almost continuous conflict with the city's burghers and the rival House of Egmond. His gulden coinage reflects the broader Burgundian monetary policy being pushed across the Low Countries, where Philip and later Charles the Bold had spent decades strong-arming ecclesiastical mints into alignment with ducal weight and fineness standards.
Utrecht's gold output under David was never large, and the 1492 date places this piece in the final years of his episcopate, by which point his secular authority had been substantially curtailed by the Treaty of 1483.