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1 Goldgulden - Christopher of Brunswick
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Bremen |
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| Year | 1511-1514 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#61, Fr#431 |
| Obverse description | Facing half-length figure of St. Peter in episcopal vestments, rendered in late Gothic style, holding the keys of heaven before him. A small shield bearing the crossed keys of the archbishopric is displayed in the lower field beneath the figure. The circular legend in uncial Latin characters surrounds the central device within a beaded inner border, reading the name and titles of Archbishop Christopher of Brunswick. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Christopher of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel held the archbishopric under persistent political pressure — his tenure was contested almost from the start, caught between the ambitions of the Welf dynasty and the chapter's own factions. He was never fully consecrated by Rome, functioning instead as administrator, which made his right to strike coinage a matter of ongoing legal friction with imperial authorities.
Fr#431 places this squarely within the Rhine-type gulden tradition, following the Rhenish standard that had governed north German ecclesiastical gold since the late fourteenth century.