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1 Pfennig - Wolter von Plettenberg and Jasper Linde Riga, bumpy shield
| Issuer | Livonia and Riga |
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| Year | 1509-1524 |
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| Weight | 0.39 g |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a bilobate, butterfly-shaped shield of identical form to the obverse, charged with a stylized tree rising from the base, representing the civic arms of Riga. Superimposed over the shield is a composite ecclesiastical emblem comprising a patriarchal cross and a crosier, their shafts crossing at the centre, denoting the joint authority of the Archbishop and the Livonian Order. The overall composition thus unites the heraldic devices of the city of Riga, the archbishopric, and the Livonian Order in a single compact design. Execution is in the characteristically crude, bracteate-influenced hammered style of early sixteenth-century Livonian coinage. No legend, inscription, or peripheral border is present. |
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| Mint | Riga |
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Wolter von Plettenberg, Livonian Order Landmaster from 1494, managed the remarkable feat of defeating Ivan III's forces at the Battle of Smolina in 1502, buying the region decades of relative stability. This joint issue with Jasper Linde, Archbishop of Riga, reflects the uneasy but functional power-sharing arrangement between the Order and the Church that defined Livonian governance — coinages struck under dual authority required negotiated agreement on minting rights and revenue splits that were frequently contested.