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1 Guldengroschen 'Joachimsthaler'

Issuer Schlick, Counts of
Year 1523-1527
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Technique Hammered
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Obverse description Full-length figure of Saint Joachim standing facing, robed and bearded, holding a staff or sceptre in his right hand and a book or orb in his left, set against a plain field. Below the saint, a heraldic shield bearing the arms of the Schlick family divides the initials S and I (Stephan/Stefan and Joachimsthal). The surrounding circular legend reads: +AR: CO: DE: BA: AR: DO: MI: S I, referencing the Schlick counts' titles and dominions, rendered in Latin capitals in the characteristic early sixteenth-century hammered style.
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Reverse description A boldly rendered crowned Bohemian lion rampant to the left occupies the central field, displaying the characteristic double tail of the Bohemian royal heraldic tradition. The lion is depicted with fine detail in the mane, claws, and bifurcated tail, within a plain inner circle. The surrounding legend reads: +LVDOVICVS PRIMVS DEI GRA REX BOE, identifying King Louis I (Louis II of Bohemia and Hungary) as sovereign, rendered in Latin capitals within the outer circular band of the coin.
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