Otto of Ziegenhain served as Archbishop of Trier from 1418 until his death in 1430, and his tenure coincided with the Council of Constance's aftermath — a period when the German ecclesiastical princes were aggressively reasserting both spiritual and financial authority following decades of schism. The Rhenish goldgulden was by this point a heavily regulated currency, its weight and fineness controlled by the Rhenish Electoral Mint Treaty of 1386, which bound Trier alongside Mainz, Cologne, and the Palatinate.
Noss Tr#427 is among the earlier strikings of Otto's gulden series, distinguishable from later issues by die characteristics catalogued by Felke.
Otto of Ziegenhain served as Archbishop of Trier from 1418 until his death in 1430, and his tenure coincided with the Council of Constance's aftermath — a period when the German ecclesiastical princes were aggressively reasserting both spiritual and financial authority following decades of schism. The Rhenish goldgulden was by this point a heavily regulated currency, its weight and fineness controlled by the Rhenish Electoral Mint Treaty of 1386, which bound Trier alongside Mainz, Cologne, and the Palatinate.
Noss Tr#427 is among the earlier strikings of Otto's gulden series, distinguishable from later issues by die characteristics catalogued by Felke.