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Penning / Denier - Otto II Arnhem
| Issuer | Guelders, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1229-1271 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ARNEMES (Translation: Arnhem) |
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Otto II of Guelders spent much of his reign entangled in a grinding territorial contest with the bishops of Utrecht, and the Arnhem mint operated intermittently against that backdrop of dynastic pressure and shifting alliances. The vdCh 2#1.5 and 1.6 varieties indicate die differences documented by van der Chijs, suggesting the type was produced across multiple phases rather than a single concentrated emission.
At 0.2 g, these pieces were already light even by denier standards of the period — consistent with the broader debasement trend among the lower Rhine lordships through the mid-thirteenth century.