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1 Ducat - Andrew of Jerin
| Issuer | Bishopric of Breslau (Silesia) |
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| Year | 1585-1596 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat (2) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the rampant Bohemian lion, surrounded by a quartered coat of arms displaying the heraldic devices of the Bishopric of Breslau, all within a beaded inner circle. A bishop's mitre surmounts the central shield. The four quarters of the surrounding arms bear alternating cross and fleur-de-lis motifs. The circular Latin legend reads ANDREAS. D : G. EPISCOPVS. WRAT., identifying Andrew of Jerin as Bishop of Wroclaw by the grace of God. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Saint John the Baptist facing slightly left, clad in a draped garment, his right hand raised in blessing and his left hand holding the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) before him, with a nimbus behind his head. The figure is rendered in the late Renaissance hammered style typical of Silesian ducats of the period. The circular Latin legend MVNVS ✿ CESAR MAXIMILIANI surrounds the saint within a beaded border, referencing the imperial gift of Emperor Maximilian. |
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Andrew of Jerin held the Bishopric of Breslau from 1585 until his death in 1596, a tenure defined largely by the pressures of Counter-Reformation politics in Silesia — a region where Lutheran influence had penetrated deeply into the nobility and urban populations. As prince-bishop, he wielded both ecclesiastical and secular authority, giving him the right to strike coinage in his own name. The Bishopric of Breslau was among the wealthiest ecclesiastical territories in the Habsburg lands, which explains the sustained gold output across his full eleven-year reign rather than a single commemorative issue.