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1 Schilling - Heinrich von Galen Wenden
| Issuer | Livonian Order |
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| Year | 1556 |
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| Composition | Billon (.1875 silver) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a quadrilobe (four-lobed) ornamental frame enclosing two monogram letters, likely the initials of the Master Heinrich von Galen, rendered in Gothic script. The quadrilobe is surrounded by a beaded inner border. The peripheral legend, divided by small crosses or pellets, reads the Master's name in abbreviated Latin across the coin's circumference. The overall style is characteristic of late medieval Livonian hammered billon coinage, with irregular flan and flat relief. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the heraldic shield of the Teutonic Order, divided into four quarters by a bold cross, set within a beaded inner circle. The shield is plain and unadorned, presented in a stark, authoritative style typical of Livonian Order coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. The surrounding legend, interspersed with pellets, references the Master of the Teutonic Order in Livonia along with the date. The legend runs continuously around the periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Mint | Wenden (Cēsis) Mint |
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