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1 Ferding - Gotthard Kettler Wenden, bust facing right
| Issuer | Livonian Order |
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| Year | 1559 |
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| Value | 1 Ferding = 9 Schilling |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Gotthard Kettler facing right, rendered in the crude but expressive style typical of mid-16th century Livonian hammered coinage. The portrait is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the peripheral Latin legend running clockwise along the outer rim. The effigy displays the Master wearing a ruffled collar, with facial features including a beard rendered in low relief. The legend is interrupted by ornamental stops and reads D · G · GOTHART · KETLER ·, abbreviated for Dei Gratia Gotthard Kettler. |
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| Reverse description | A large quadripartite heraldic shield occupying the central field, bearing the arms of the Teutonic Order — a cross with the Livonian cross motif — with the date divided and placed within or around the shield. A decorative crest or ornamental device surmounts the shield. The entire composition is surrounded by a beaded inner circle and a peripheral Latin legend reading MAG · TEVT · ORD · LIVONES ·, abbreviated for Magistri Teutonici Ordinis Livoniae, identifying the issuer as Master of the Teutonic Order of Livonia. The reverse design is characteristic of the Wenden mint output under Kettler. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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