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1 Goldgulden - Adolphus I of Nassau
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1373-1374 |
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| Obverse description | Saint Martin enthroned facing, vested in full episcopal regalia including mitre and cope, holding a crozier in his left hand, set between two stylized Gothic floral or foliate columns. A nimbus surrounds the saint's head, emphasizing his sanctified status. The figure is rendered in a flat, late medieval hammered style typical of Rhenish goldgulden of the period. The surrounding legend, separated from the central design by a beaded inner circle, reads S(ANCTUS) MIRTINVS AR(CHI)EP(ISCOP)V(S). |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Adolphus I of Nassau held the Archbishopric of Mainz from 1373 to 1390, but this gulden dates to the very opening of his tenure — issued within months of his appointment. Mainz was one of the seven imperial electors under the Golden Bull of 1356, which had standardized electoral procedures just seventeen years earlier, and the archbishops exercised considerable independent mint authority as a direct consequence of that document.
Schlegel's census of this type recorded only a handful of confirmed specimens, placing Fr#1605a among the genuinely rare ecclesiastical gold issues of the late Rhenish series.