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2 Goldgulden - Gotthard Kettler Wenden, wavy bottom
| Issuer | Livonian Order |
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| Year | 1559-1561 |
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| Currency | Schilling (1422-1561) |
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| Obverse description | Half-length armored bust of Gotthard Kettler facing right, holding a spear in his right hand and a skull in his left, rendered in high relief in the late Renaissance style. The figure is depicted in military dress, conveying the dual ecclesiastical and martial authority of the Livonian Order's last Master. The bust is contained within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by a Latin legend in the outer annulus identifying the issuer by name and title. |
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| Obverse lettering | GOTHARD · D · G · MAGIS · LIVONIÆ · (Translation: Gotthard Dei Gratia Magistri Livoniae Gotthard, with God`s grace, Master of Livonia) |
| Reverse description | A large quartered heraldic shield of the Livonian Order, surmounted by an ornate cross, flanked by elaborate foliate and scroll mantling issuing from crowned helmets on either side, all set within a beaded inner circle. The base of the shield features a distinctive wavy lower border, a diagnostic variety marker for this issue. The cross above the shield rises prominently into the upper field. A Latin devotional legend encircles the entire composition in the outer annulus. |
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