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1 Lübische - Konrad von Vietinghof Reval
| Issuer | Livonian Order |
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| Year | 1401-1413 |
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| Currency | Artig (1363-1426) |
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| Reverse description | A bold pattée or Germanic cross with splayed arms fills the central field, the spaces between the arms occupied by decorative foliage or pellet ornaments characteristic of Livonian bracteate-influenced coinage. A partial circular legend in uncial Latin letters runs along the coin's periphery, partially obscured by the irregular hammered flan edge. The overall design is simple yet typical of the small silver pfennig-type issues struck for local circulation in the Baltic region during the early fifteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Konrad von Vietinghof served as Master of the Livonian Order from 1401 to 1413, a period of mounting pressure from both the Polish-Lithuanian union and the increasingly assertive Teutonic Knights to the west. Reval — modern Tallinn — functioned as the Order's primary commercial gateway to Hanseatic trade, and small silver issues like this one circulated within that network rather than through any centralized monetary authority.
The Lübische denomination itself reflects Reval's deep alignment with Lübeck monetary standards, a practical concession to merchant expectations rather than a sovereign monetary choice.