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1 Schilling - Hermann von Brüggeneye Riga, flat corners with partial lines
| Issuer | Livonian Order |
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| Year | 1535 |
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| Weight | 1.13 g |
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| Reverse description | Two ornate crossed keys displayed in saltire at centre, their bows elaborately decorated with trefoil or fleur-de-lis finials, enclosed within a plain inner circle. The crossed keys are the heraldic symbol of the Archbishopric of Riga, denoting the city's ecclesiastical authority. A continuous Latin legend surrounding the inner circle gives the mint name and date, separated by pellets. The overall style is consistent with hammered billon schillings of the Livonian monetary tradition of the early sixteenth century. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hermann von Brüggeneye served as Master of the Livonian Order from 1535 until his death in 1549, governing a territory caught between the expanding ambitions of Muscovy to the east and the political fractures of the Reformation spreading through the Baltic. The Livonian Order's minting authority at Riga produced schillings in multiple die varieties throughout his mastership, and the flat-corner type with partial lines represents one of the more precisely catalogued die distinctions in this series — Haljak's classification separating it cleanly from the rounded-corner issues struck concurrently.