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1 Ducat - Charles of Blittersdorf
| Issuer | Abbey of Corvey |
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| Year | 1724 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Elaborately decorated quartered coat of arms set upon a crossed sword and crozier, symbolizing the abbey's secular and ecclesiastical authority. The shield is surmounted by three ornate crested helmets and a mitre, arranged in a formal heraldic composition. The circumferential legend reads CAROL(U)(V)S. D. G. ABBAS. CORBEIENSIS. S. R. I. PRINCEPS., identifying Charles of Blittersdorf as Abbot of Corvey and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. The engraving is executed in the high Baroque style characteristic of early eighteenth-century German ecclesiastical coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal standing figure of Saint Vitus, patron saint of Corvey, rendered in Baroque style, holding a palm branch and an open book, with a bird perched upon his hand or arm. A recumbent lion is depicted behind him, referencing his traditional iconography. The date 1724 appears in the exergue, and the surrounding legend SANCTVS. VITVS. PATRONVS. CORBEIENSIS. 1724 encircles the design, affirming the saint's patronage of the abbey. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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