Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Rottweil, City of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1560 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | MON - NOV(A) - ROT - WIL |
| Reverse description | A crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the central field, with wings spread and heads facing outward; an orb bearing the numeral 'I' (denoting the value of one Kreuzer) is positioned on the eagle's breast. A circular Latin legend surrounds the eagle within a beaded border, referencing Emperor Ferdinand I, with the regnal date 1560 incorporated at the conclusion of the inscription. The heraldic eagle type is consistent with Holy Roman Empire coinage conventions of the mid-16th century. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Rottweil's status as a Free Imperial City gave it the right to strike its own coinage, a privilege jealously guarded through the sixteenth century as neighboring territories consolidated under larger authorities. The 1560 date places this piece squarely in the period following the Peace of Augsburg, when the city was navigating the confessional tensions between its staunchly Catholic civic identity and the Protestant pressures reshaping the surrounding Swabian region.
The low silver content typical of small kreuzer issues from this period means surviving examples frequently show corrosion or surface porosity. Nau's cataloging of this type remains the primary reference for Rottweil municipal coinage.