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1 Ferding - Gotthard Kettler and Wilhelm von Brandenburg Riga
| Issuer | Joint Rule of Gotthard Kettler, Master of Livonia, and Wilhelm von Brandenburg, Archbishop of Riga |
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| Year | 1559-1561 |
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| Currency | Schilling (1500-1561) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the quartered arms of the Livonian Order — a bold cross divided into four quadrants, each bearing ornamental charges — rendered in the angular, somewhat crude style characteristic of hammered coinage of the period. Flanking heraldic supporters appear on either side of the shield. A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire design, reading GOTHARD · D · G · M · LIVONI, identifying Gotthard Kettler as Master of Livonia by the grace of God. The legend is executed in Gothic letter forms within a plain inner border. The flan is slightly irregular, typical of hand-struck silver issues of mid-sixteenth-century Livonia. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the elaborate quartered and sub-quartered arms of Wilhelm von Brandenburg, Archbishop of Riga, presented as a complex heraldic shield incorporating a cross with additional charges in each canton, flanked by small decorative ornaments in the field. The arms are boldly rendered in the rough, high-relief style typical of hammered Livonian silver. A circular Latin legend reading GVILHELM · D · G · AR · EPIS · RIG surrounds the central device, identifying Wilhelm as Archbishop of Riga by the grace of God. A small cross precedes the legend at the top of the coin. The overall composition is enclosed within a plain inner border, consistent with joint-issue coinage of the Livonian Confederation period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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