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1 Goldgulden - Kuno II of Falkenstein
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Trier |
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| Year | 1377-1385 |
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| Currency | Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned frontal figure of Saint Peter, patron saint of Trier, seated on a throne and depicted in episcopal robes with a nimbus (halo) about his head. The saint holds a processional cross in his left hand and raises his right hand in benediction. A shield bearing the arms of the Archbishopric of Trier (a cross) is displayed on his chest, and a second armorial shield appears below at his feet. The field is densely populated with ornamental crosses and decorative foliage elements in the late Gothic style, with a beaded border encircling the entire design. The surrounding legend in uncial characters reads: CVnO AREPS TRE (Kuno, Archbishop of Trier). |
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| Obverse lettering | CVnO AREPS TRE (Translation: Kuno, archbishop of Trier.) |
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Kuno II of Falkenstein served as Archbishop of Trier from 1362 until his death in 1388, navigating the fractious politics of the Rhenish electoral princes during a period when the goldgulden had become the dominant trade coin across the Holy Roman Empire. Trier's mint rights were periodically contested, and Kuno was among the archbishops who leaned heavily on coinage as an instrument of political assertion against encroaching secular lords.
The Rhenish goldgulden standard, to which this piece conforms, emerged from the 1354 union of the four Rhenish electors — Trier, Cologne, Mainz, and the Palatinate — who agreed to coordinate gold coinage to stabilize regional commerce.