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1 Goldgulden - Frederick III of Saarwerden Deutz
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1385-1386 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal figure of Saint Peter, patron saint of Cologne, standing within a beaded inner circle, vested in episcopal robes and nimbed with a cruciform halo. The saint raises his right hand in benediction and holds a long pastoral cross-staff in his left hand. The surrounding Gothic uncial legend reads FRIDICS AREPS COL, identifying Archbishop Frederick III of Saarwerden as the issuing authority. The design follows the Rhenish goldgulden typology closely derived from the Florentine florin tradition, rendered in the characteristic flat, stylized manner of late 14th-century German hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Heraldic composition featuring a central large shield of the Archbishopric of Cologne — per fess, the upper half divided per pale displaying the arms of Cologne (three crowns) and the imperial eagle, the lower half bearing the Saarwerden family arms — surrounded by four smaller subsidiary shields arranged in a cross pattern, all set within a beaded inner circle. The overall arrangement is consistent with the quartered armorial type standard to Rhenish electoral goldgulden of the late 14th century. The Gothic uncial peripheral legend reads MONE TA TVI CIEnS, identifying this as the monetary issue of Deutz. The bold, deeply struck heraldic devices display the typical angular, stylized relief of hammered medieval goldgulden. |
| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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