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1 Witten
| Issuer | Wismar, City of |
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| Year | 1379 |
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| Currency | Witten |
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| Obverse description | Facing bull's head rendered in bold relief, with prominent nostrils and stylized features characteristic of Hanseatic civic heraldry, set within a beaded inner circle. The bull's head, emblematic of the arms of Wismar, is surrounded by a Gothic uncial legend in the outer field, with the inscription running along the coin's periphery between two concentric borders of beads. |
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| Reverse description | A cross pattée with ornate floral or trefoil terminals at each arm, occupying the full field within a beaded inner circle. At the center of the cross is a six-pointed star, the distinctive badge of the Wendish Monetary Union (Wendischer Münzverein), symbolizing the monetary alliance among the Wendish Hanseatic cities. A Gothic uncial legend runs around the periphery between concentric bead borders. |
| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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