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1 Schilling - Bogislaw X Stettin
| Issuer | Pomerania, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1500-1523 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Pomeranian griffin passant to the left, rendered in bold relief with characteristic medieval stylization, the creature shown with raised foreleg and prominent wing feathers. The griffin is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A Gothic uncial legend encircles the device in the outer margin, reading around the full circumference of the coin. The overall style is characteristic of late 15th to early 16th century North German hammered coinage. |
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| Mint | Stettin (Szczecin) |
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Bogislaw X ruled Pomerania for nearly half a century and spent much of it consolidating a duchy that had been chronically fragmented among Griffon dynasty heirs. His 1493 pilgrimage to Jerusalem — one of the few reigning German princes to make the journey — was partly a political performance, burnishing his authority at home. The schillings struck under his name circulated through a Baltic trading economy increasingly dominated by Hanseatic interests that Bogislaw both relied upon and resented.
Levinson I-460b distinguishes this variety from closely related types by minor heraldic die differences that are frequently overlooked in the trade.