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1 Witten
| Issuer | Kiel, City of |
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| Year | 1350-1378 |
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| Currency | Witten |
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| Reverse description | A large quatrefoil formed by four rounded lobes dominates the central field, divided by a cross pattee (Portuguese-style cross) whose arms extend to the inner beaded border, with a small pellet or boss at the center junction. The quatrefoil and cross composition is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, itself surrounded by a circular legend in Gothic uncial characters. This reverse type is typical of Wendish-influenced Witten coinage of the fourteenth century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1350-1378) |
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Kiel held minting rights as a function of its Hanseatic ambitions, and the Witten was the workhorse denomination of northern German commerce during the fourteenth century — small enough for everyday exchange, substantial enough to move goods across the Baltic trade network. Jesse #341 places this issue firmly within the mid-century municipal series, distinct from the episcopal and ducal coinages competing for the same regional circulation. The city's minting activity was never prolific; Kiel was a secondary player compared to Lübeck, and surviving examples from this run are correspondingly scarce.