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1 Thaler - Anna II of Limburg
| Issuer | Abbey of Herford |
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| Year | 1552 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned lion rampant to the left dominates the central field, depicted in bold relief within a beaded inner circle, characteristic of the heraldic style of German ecclesiastical coinage of the sixteenth century. The lion is shown with an open mouth, forelegs raised, and a crown above its head. The surrounding legend, in Gothic majuscules separated by ornamental stops, reads VICI. LEO. DETRIBV. IVDA., a biblical reference to the Lion of the Tribe of Judah from the Book of Revelation. A dentilated outer border frames the entire design. |
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Anna II von Limburg served as abbess of Herford from 1520 until her death in 1565, presiding over one of the oldest and most politically autonomous imperial abbeys in Westphalia — a house directly subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor, not to any intervening bishop. The right to strike thalers was an extraordinary privilege for an ecclesiastical foundation, and Herford exercised it sparingly. Davenport records only a handful of distinct thaler issues from the abbey across the entire sixteenth century.
The 1552 date places this coin squarely within the turbulence following the Schmalkaldic War and the 1548 Augsburg Interim.