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1 Pfennig - Ernest I, Rudolph IV and Wolfgang
| Issuer | Principality of Anhalt (German States) |
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| Year | 1508-1509 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Two adjacent heraldic shields suspended from a looped hanger, displayed side by side. The dexter shield bears a two-fold arms featuring an eagle, representing the Anhalt territorial arms, while the sinister shield displays the arms of Aschersleben. The design is executed in the primitive hammered style characteristic of early sixteenth-century German bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage, with the devices rendered in low relief against a flat field. A single letter 'A' appears as the sole legend, likely serving as a mint or issuer initial in uncial script. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, as is typical of this denomination and period within the Anhalt coinage tradition. The planchet surface shows the characteristic irregular hammered texture with no intentional design elements, legends, or devices struck. This plain reverse is consistent with the bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage practice of the early sixteenth-century German states, where the obverse die impression may produce a faint incuse ghost image on the reverse due to the thinness of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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