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1 Pfennig - Hennig Scharpenberg
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Riga |
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| Year | 1424-1448 |
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| Thickness | 0.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a cross pattée interlaced with a crosier, the combined emblems of archiepiscopal authority, rendered in low relief characteristic of hammered billon coinage. The devices are set within a circular legend reading RIGENSIS, denoting the city of Riga. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, with typical die-struck weakness visible at the periphery. The overall design reflects the Gothic ecclesiastical idiom common to Livonian pfennigs of the first half of the fifteenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | RIGENSIS (Translation: Riga) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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