Real `Leicester real` Piedfort at double weight

Issuer Province of Gelderland (Dutch Republic)
Year 1586
Type Non-circulating coin
Value 1 Real (5⁄2)
Currency Gulden (1581-1795)
Composition Silver
Weight 58 g
Diameter 43.5 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) HPM#Ge 64.1 S#890a
Obverse description Laureate bust of the Earl of Leicester facing right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering CONCORDIA · RES · PARVÆ · CRESCVNT · GEL · ·
(Translation: With harmony small things grow Gelderland)
Reverse description Bundle of arrows surrounded by the coats of armor of the six provinces (starting at 1 o`clock: Gelre, Flanders, Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland).
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering · MO · ORDIN · PROVIN · FOEDER · BELGIÆ · 1586
(Translation: Money by the Order of the United Provinces of the Netherlands 1586)
Edge
Mint
Harderwijk, Netherlands(1343-1802)
Mintage 1586 - -
Numisquare ID 2638367320
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