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1 Groschen - John II of Nassau
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1397-1419 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central device consisting of a long cross with trefoil terminals set within a quatrefoil frame, the four lobes of which are decorated with foliage and small fleurs-de-lis in the angles. The entire central composition is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by a stylized wreath or tressure of alternating leaf and bud motifs. The field beyond is flat and unadorned. The overall design is characteristic of late medieval German ecclesiastical coinage, struck by the hand-hammered technique resulting in slight irregularity of the flan. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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John II of Nassau held the archiepiscopal see of Mainz from 1397 until his death in 1419, a tenure marked by his efforts to reassert electoral authority during the fractious years following the Western Schism. Mainz, as one of the three ecclesiastical prince-electors, maintained its own mint operations partly as an expression of that political standing — groschen issues like this one circulated widely across the Rhine-Main region and served practical trade functions at Rhenish fairs and markets.
The Walther and Priesack-Alexander references place this firmly within the documented Nassau archiepiscopal series, a relatively well-catalogued group compared to many contemporary German ecclesiastical issues.