1 Ducat - Jakob von Salza

Issuer	Bishopric of Breslau (Silesia)
Year	1532
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Currency	Thaler
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Obverse description	Central field displays a quartered heraldic shield bearing the arms of the Bishopric of Breslau and associated territories, surmounted by a bishop's mitre. The date 1532 is inscribed within the inner circle above the shield. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading IACOBVS EPISCO VRATISLA, identifying the issuing bishop Jakob von Salza.
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Reverse description	Central field depicts a standing, nimbed figure of Saint John the Baptist, shown facing, draped in robes and holding a lamb before his chest, rendered in the Renaissance hammered style typical of early sixteenth-century Silesian coinage. The figure is set within an inner circle, with a surrounding Latin legend in the outer field reading MVNVS CESA MAXIMILIA, a reference to a gift or privilege granted by Emperor Maximilian.
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