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1 Gold Florin - Ferdinand of Bavaria
| Issuer | Liege, Prince-bishopric of |
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| Year | 1614 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Prince-Bishop Ferdinand of Bavaria enthroned facing, robed in full pontifical and electoral vestments, his crowned head facing the viewer, seated upon an ornate throne flanked by two columns. A heraldic shield bearing the arms of the see is displayed at his feet below the throne. The surrounding legend in Latin is separated by rosette stops and reads along the coin's periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | EPISC • ET • PRIN • LEO • SVP • D • BVL F D B (Translation: Bishop and prince of Liege, High Duke of Bouillon Ferdinand of Bavaria) |
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Ferdinand of Bavaria became Prince-Bishop of Liège in 1612 through the direct influence of his brother Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria, who was consolidating Wittelsbach control over ecclesiastical territories along the Rhine and Meuse. The appointment was contested — Ferdinand was barely 24 and simultaneously held the archbishopric of Cologne — making Liège essentially a satellite of Bavarian dynastic policy rather than an independent ecclesiastical state.
Gold florins of this type follow the Rhenish florin standard that had governed regional trade coinage for over two centuries by this point. Delmonte records this issue as genuinely scarce among Ferdinand's Liège gold.