Catalog
1 Sechsling Bernwardgroschen
| Issuer | Hildesheim, City of |
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| Year | 1493-1495 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A frontal half-length effigy of Saint Bernward of Hildesheim, vested in episcopal robes and wearing a mitre, occupies the central field. In his left hand he holds a pastoral staff and in his right a crozier, rendered in the schematic Gothic style characteristic of late 15th-century north German hammered coinage. The saint's face is shown frontally with stylised drapery folds indicated by parallel incised lines. A beaded inner circle encloses the figure, with the abbreviated Latin legend of dedication running in the surrounding margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | SAC BERWARDV P` (Translation: Saint Bernward, protector (or patron)) |
| Edge | Plain |
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