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1 Schilling - John IV Alchimysta
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1440-1457 |
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| Value | 1 Schilling (1⁄24) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Hohenzollern quartered eagle and sceptre device, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A Gothic legend in Latin surrounds the central device, with the text running between the inner beaded circle and the outer border. The lettering is struck in a characteristic late medieval Gothic script, with a cross pattée serving as a punctuation mark at the top of the legend. The overall style is consistent with mid-fifteenth century hammered coinage of the Franconian Hohenzollern margraviates. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the Hohenzollern eagle displayed, crowned, with wings spread, set within a beaded inner circle. A Latin legend in Gothic script encircles the device between the inner beaded border and the outer rim, with a cross pattée mark at the top acting as a word separator. The design is executed in the flat, linear style typical of hammered bracteate-influenced coinage of the Brandenburg margraviates during the reign of Margrave John IV Alchimysta (1440–1457). The coin exhibits characteristic irregular planchet shape and uneven strike pressure consistent with hand-hammered production. |
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