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1/4 Groschen Spadin - Theobald II
| Issuer | Duchy of Lorraine |
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| Year | 1303-1312 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Armored knight on horseback charging to the right, depicted in a vigorous military posture characteristic of early 14th-century feudal coinage. The horse is shown in full gallop, with the rider bearing a lance or sword raised in an aggressive stance. The figure is rendered in the bold, somewhat schematic style typical of hammered medieval silver. A beaded inner circle frames the equestrian effigy, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery within a further beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A downward-pointing sword, the spadin, occupies the central field, bisecting the legend and serving as the type's defining heraldic device. Flanking the blade on either side is a single alerion — the eagle displayed without beak or feet, the traditional armorial charge of the Duchy of Lorraine — rendered in bold relief. The composition is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the mint legend distributed around the periphery between a further beaded border, in the manner of contemporary Lotharingian ecclesiastical and seigneurial coinage. |
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