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Pistole - Frederick
| Issuer | Lordship of Bergh |
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| Year | 1579 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a figure, likely representing Frederick van den Bergh or a classical allegory, riding a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a rearing horse to the right, rendered in the vigorous Renaissance hammered style. The scene is set above a horizontal ground line, with the date 1579 partially visible in the lower exergue. A beaded inner border frames the design, with the abbreviated Latin legend MON H 1579 disposed along the upper periphery. The overall composition reflects the artistic conventions of late 16th-century Netherlandish coinage, with bold, high-relief die work characteristic of the 's-Heerenberg mint. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays an ornate floriated cross with elaborately foliated and scrolled arms, each terminating in decorative acanthus-leaf motifs, occupying the full central field. The four quadrants formed by the cross arms contain heraldic or decorative elements consistent with the arms of the Lordship of Bergh. The surrounding circular legend SINE LABORE NIHIL — meaning 'Nothing without labour' — is disposed within a beaded border along the periphery. The die work is characteristic of the hammered technique employed at the 's-Heerenberg mint in the late sixteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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