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1 Goldgulden - Kuno II of Falkenstein
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Trier |
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| Year | 1366-1368 |
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| Value | 1 Goldgulden (20) |
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| Reverse description | A full-length frontal figure of Saint John the Baptist stands in high relief at the centre of the field, robed and nimbed, holding a book or tablet in his left hand and raising his right hand in benediction. The saint stands on a small platform or exergual line, with his feet visible at the base. The surrounding legend in Gothic uncial characters reads S IOHANNES B, identifying the patron saint. The design follows closely the Florentine goldgulden prototype adapted for Rhenish ecclesiastical coinage, with a beaded border framing the composition. |
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| Reverse lettering | S IOHANNES B |
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Kuno II of Falkenstein served as Archbishop of Trier from 1362 until his death in 1388, and his goldgulden issues fall squarely within the period when Rhenish ecclesiastical electors were actively coordinating gold coinage policy. The Rhenish Monetary Union of 1386 — formalized among Trier, Mainz, Cologne, and the Palatinate — was decades in the making, with the 1350s and 1360s seeing repeated informal agreements to standardize the gulden's fineness and weight. Kuno's issues represent the archbishopric operating within that tense negotiating environment.
Felke 129 is among the scarcer attributed varieties of his output, with Noss Tr68A distinguishing it from closely related die combinations that circulated concurrently along the Moselle trade routes.