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1 Goldgulden - John VI von der Leyen
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Trier |
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| Year | 1563-1564 |
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| Weight | 3.25 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing figure of Christ enthroned in majesty, depicted in a hieratic, frontal pose typical of late medieval Rhenish goldgulden coinage. A small quartered shield bearing the arms of Trier and Leyen is placed at the feet of the enthroned figure. The surrounding legend contains the titles and name of Archbishop Johann VI von der Leyen in abbreviated Latin. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite shield of the arms of Trier and Leyen displayed at center, set within a pointed trefoil frame. Three smaller armorial shields are placed in the cusps of the trefoil points. The encircling legend, rendered in Latin, concludes with the date 1563, positioned at the end of the inscription in the field. |
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John VI von der Leyen held the archbishopric only from 1556 to 1567, a tenure marked by his cautious navigation of the confessional conflicts tearing apart the Holy Roman Empire in the wake of the Peace of Augsburg. Trier's position as an ecclesiastical electorate made its coinage politically freighted — each gold emission was as much a declaration of Catholic continuity as it was a monetary instrument. The Goldgulden weight standard of 3.25g placed this squarely within the Rhine gulden convention that the electoral archbishops had followed for well over a century.
Schrötter lists only one variety for this type, suggesting limited die production during what was effectively a two-year window of issue.