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1 Heller - Adolph IX
| Issuer | Berg |
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| Year | 1408-1423 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | A bold cross pattée dominates the field, with a quatrefoil at the center enclosing a six-pointed star in relief. The arms of the cross divide the legend ADOL into four segments positioned between the arms. Small subsidiary devices, including a bird or animal figure, appear in the lower quadrants of the field. The overall style is characteristic of late medieval Rhenish hammered coinage, with irregular flan edges and strong central relief. |
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| Obverse lettering | A D O L |
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Adolph IX ruled Berg during a period of sustained dynastic pressure from neighboring Cleves and Mark, and his minor silver issues — produced in fractional denominations like this heller — were essential to local market transactions the larger regional coinages simply couldn't serve. The county's mint output under Adolph was modest by any measure, and Noss's cataloging of these pieces in the early twentieth century remains the authoritative reference precisely because so few systematic studies preceded it.
At 0.19 g, surviving examples are frequently clipped or damaged, making intact specimens considerably scarcer than raw survival numbers suggest.