8 Stuivers
Features
| Issuer |
City of Ghent
(Belgian States)  |
|---|---|
| Count |
Philip II (1556-1598)
Francis of Anjou (François d'Alençon) (1582-1584) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1583 |
| Weight | 6.30 g |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Issued | 1583 |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 475659 |
| References | Vanhoudt Ned.# 447 Hugo Vanhoudt. De munten van de Bourgondische, Spaanse en Oostenrijkse Nederlanden en van de Franse en Hollandse periode. Vanhoudt, Heverlee, Belgium (2 volumes).Jean-Claude Martiny; 2014. Het munthuis in Gent van de Karolingers tot de Calvinistische Republiek, 768-1584 / Deel 1. Karel de Grote-Lodewijk van Male (768-1384). Snoeck Editions, Gent, Belgium. , Haeck Br# 759 Aimé Haeck; 2016. De Brabantse kleine denieren van de dertiende eeuw. Self-published, Dilbeek, Belgium. |
Obverse
Rampant lion left within beaded circle
Script: Latin
Lettering: MON ARG CIVITATIS GANDAV
Translation: Silver coin of the City of Ghent
Designer: Jan Ghyselbrecht
Reverse
City goddess standing right with city arms at feet, and holding banner
Script: Latin
Lettering: AVXIL NOST A DOMINO
Designer: Jan Ghyselbrecht
Mint
Ghent, BelgiumComments
The Flemish popular leader Jan van Hembyze, together with François van Ryhove, exercised revolutionary or Protestant rule over the city of Ghent in the county of Flanders between 1578 and 1584, the so-called ′Ghent republic′.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1583 | 52 661 | ||||||||||||||
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