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1 Pfennig - Silvester Stodewescher With circle
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Riga |
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| Year | 1448-1479 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a patriarchal or archiepiscopal cross crossed with a crosier, symbolising the authority of the Archbishop of Riga, with a small circle or annulet positioned below the intersection of the two implements. The devices are enclosed within a beaded inner border, with the partial legend RIGENSIS rendered in uncial Latin characters around the periphery. The flan is irregular and the strike characteristically weak in places, as is common for hammered billon pfennigs of this period. |
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Silvester Stodewescher held the archbishopric of Riga from 1448 until his death in 1479, a tenure defined by persistent conflict with the Livonian Order over jurisdictional authority in the region. These small billon pfennigs were struck throughout that contested period, functioning as everyday transactional currency in a city where the Hanseatic trade network made even minor denominations economically significant. The circle privy mark distinguishes this emission from related types catalogued by Haljak and Fedorov, pointing to a specific phase of production rather than the full archiepiscopal run.