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1 Mariengroschen - Kaspar I of Hörsel
| Issuer | Abbey of Corvey |
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| Year | 1547-1554 |
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| Thickness | 0.55 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of the Abbey of Corvey — a crosshatched or fretty field — enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The date appears integrated into the circumferential legend, which runs between the inner and outer borders. The heraldic shield is rendered in a plain, flat style characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century hammered billon coinage from the region. |
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| Reverse description | Crowned Madonna seated facing, holding the Christ Child in her left arm and a sceptre in her right, surrounded by radiating flames within a beaded inner circle. The composition closely follows the Mariengroschen type established in the Lower Saxon and Westphalian tradition, with the Virgin depicted in a formal, hieratic style. The legend, partially abbreviated, runs around the periphery between the inner and outer beaded borders, invoking the Virgin Mary as Mother of God. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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