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1 Sechsling Bernwardgroschen
| Issuer | Hildesheim, City of |
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| Year | 1493-1495 |
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| Weight | 1.4 g |
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| Obverse lettering | + mO : nOV : hILDeSe : XCIIII (Translation: New coinage of Hildesheim (14)94) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Sechsling Bernwardgroschen takes its name from Saint Bernward, the Bishop of Hildesheim who died in 1022 and was canonized in 1193 — a figure so closely identified with the city that his cult remained a live civic asset three centuries after his death. Hildesheim's status as a bishop's seat gave the city complex monetary relationships: the cathedral chapter, the bishop, and the civic authorities each held competing claims over minting rights throughout the later medieval period.
The three catalog variants under Buck-Bahrfeldt suggest die progression across the narrow 1493–1495 window rather than distinct emissions.