1 Sechsling Bernwardgroschen

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.