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Originally Posted by corrado26

30 Stivers / Daalder - Margaret IV van Brederode

I think this is the solution:

Netherland talerAbbey of Thorn

Abbess Margaret of Brederode (Margaretha van Brederode) (1557-1577)


Year 1563
Obverse
Standing Madonna with baby Jesus and scepter behind coat of arms of Brederode
Script: Latin
Lettering: SANCTA ★ MARIA ★ THORENSIS ★ ECCLESIÆ ★
Translation: Saint Mary, Church of Thorn

From Grokipedia: “This expansion underpinned Thorn's political influence as an Reichsunmittelbarkeit entity, exempt from local feudal overlords and directly accountable to the emperor, allowing the abbess to exercise judicial and economic rights over approximately 35 km² of territory divided into administrative quarters.” The heads of state of these territories still needed to maintain law and order even if they were theocracies. The crown and spire signify Mary as the Queen of Heaven.