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1 Goldgulden - Theodoric II of Moers Riehl
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1437 |
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| Weight | 3.43 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a tripartite heraldic composition featuring three overlapping shields arranged in a trefoil formation beneath a Gothic architectural canopy. The dexter shield bears the six-spoked wheel of Mainz, the sinister shield displays the Bavarian lozengy field of the Palatinate, and the central lower escutcheon bears the Cologne city arms with a single-headed eagle. This arrangement reflects the Electoral Rhenish goldgulden type established by the Renser Kurverein. A surrounding legend in Gothic uncial script records the date in Roman numerals, reading ANO DNI MCCCCXXXVII. The field is bounded by a beaded inner circle, consistent with the hammered technique of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Theodoric II of Moers held the archbishopric of Cologne from 1414 to 1463 — one of the longest episcopates of the fifteenth century — and spent much of it in open conflict with the city of Cologne itself, which repeatedly asserted its independence against archiepiscopal authority. The goldgulden issues of his reign were struck not in Cologne proper but at Riehl, a mint the archbishops controlled precisely because the city often refused them access to its own facilities.
The Noss Co II#352 attribution places this piece within a well-documented but genuinely scarce series.