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1 Ducat - Andrew of Jerin
| Issuer | Bishopric of Breslau |
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| Year | 1585-1596 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of St. John the Baptist, draped in a mantle, facing slightly left, cradling the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) in his left arm while raising his right hand in benediction; a nimbus appears behind his head. The date, when present, is divided by the figure in the field. The circular Latin legend is contained within a beaded inner border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Andrew of Jerin served as Prince-Bishop of Breslau from 1585 until his death in 1596, and his ducats were struck under the rights of the Bohemian ecclesiastical princes to mint gold coinage — a privilege jealously maintained by Breslau's bishops throughout the sixteenth century despite repeated pressure from the Habsburgs to consolidate minting authority. The Bishopric had held Fürstenstatus, giving it the standing of a secular principality, which is precisely what made these issues legally possible.
Jerin was a Counter-Reformation hardliner whose tenure was defined by confrontation with Breslau's predominantly Protestant citizenry. The ducat's eleven-year span tracks almost exactly with his episcopate.