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1 Goldgulden - Gabriel
| Issuer | Eichstätt, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1511-1512 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central quartered shield displaying the four-fold arms of the Bishopric of Eichstätt, with each quarter bearing the respective heraldic charges associated with Bishop Gabriel von Eyb. The shield is set within a beaded inner border, surrounded by a circular Latin legend around the periphery that includes the bishop's name, title, and the Roman numeral date M D XII. The inscription reads clockwise beginning from the top of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | + GABRIEL D G EPS EYSTETENS M D XII |
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Gabriel von Eyb served as Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt from 1496 until his death in 1535, presiding over a small but strategically positioned ecclesiastical territory in Franconia. His goldgulden issues of 1511–1512 fall within the period when the Reichsmünzordnung was still years from its first serious codification — the 1524 Esslingen ordinance — leaving individual ecclesiastical mints considerable latitude in weight and fineness standards. Eichstätt's minting rights were exercised sparingly, which accounts for the low survival numbers for this type.