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Coins from small feudal Lordships

 

1. Imperial Abbey of Thorn in Limburg:

Abbes Margaretha van Brederode (1531-1577)

Kortling N.D.

Obv: Shield with eagle, letter T above shield

Rev: Quartered shield with lions (Brederode), letter T above shield

Reference: De muntslag van de Rijksabdij Thorn by T. Passon, 2003

 

The abbey of Thorn was founded in 992 by count Ansfried van Huy and his wife Hilsondis van Strijen. As time passed it became a sovereign state of the German Empire. It's status was a secular state with a religious focus. Only unmarried women of high nobility were accepted. This sovereign status ceased to exist when the French invaded the Netherlands in 1797. 

 

2. County of Horne (Horn):

Philips van Montmorency (1540-1568)

Sprenger(Schelling), Weert mint

Obv: PHS*BAR*D*MONTM C*A HORN*D*D*WIERT

Rev:MONET A*NOVA ARGEN WIERTE

Reference: De heerlijke munten van Horne by B.H.J. te Boekhorst1998

 

Horne was an independent lordship (later county). The coinage of this lordship began under Willem IV(1264-1304). Philips van Montmorency was the last who struck coins. Philips van Montmorency, together with the count of Egmond, was arrested and executed in Brussels on 5 June 1568. They were arrested because of their role in the start of the Dutch Revolt in the 16th and 17th century against the Spanish-Habsburg rule. 

 

3. Lordship of Herstal

Hendrik I van Leuven (1254-1285)

Sterling, Herstal mint

Obv: Shield with a lion, S+HENRICUS.DNS

Rev: Long cross x DE-HAR-SST-AL x, in the corners of the cross P-E-T-R

Reference: Lucas 6 VanHoudt G586-587

 

The lordship Herstal, north of Liège, was a possession of the dukes of Brabant. At the death of duke Hendrik I in 1235, Herstal passed on to a younger branch of the family. In 1339 Herstal was reunited with the duchy of Brabant.

 

 

 

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