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Gulden - Frederick IV of Baden
| Issuer | Bishopric of Utrecht |
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| Year | 1496-1516 |
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| Reference(s) | Delmonte G#947, Fr#196 |
| Obverse description | Five heraldic shields arranged in the form of a cross and set within a quadrilobe frame, the arms comprising the devices of the Bishopric of Utrecht and the House of Baden among others. The quadrilobe is rendered in a late Gothic style with pronounced lobes separating the shields. A beaded inner border encircles the central device, and the peripheral legend in uncial Gothic lettering runs continuously around the coin field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ mO * FREDERI * DE * BAD * EPI * TRAIEC (Translation: Coinage of Frederick of Baden, Bishop of Utrecht) |
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Frederick IV of Baden held the see of Utrecht from 1496 until his death in 1517, a tenure marked by persistent conflict with the chapter and the growing ambitions of the Habsburgs over the Low Countries. His gold coinage draws directly from the Rhenish gulden tradition — unsurprising given his Baden origins — and the series is documented under both Delmonte and Friedberg with relatively few die varieties recorded, suggesting limited but sustained production across the episcopate.
Utrecht's mint output during this period sat at the intersection of Imperial and Burgundian monetary politics, with Philip the Handsome's monetary ordinances actively attempting to standardize coinage across the Habsburg Netherlands.