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3 Pfennig
| Issuer | Dortmund, City of |
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| Year | 1541-1542 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#13, Bergh#142, Schult#778 |
| Obverse description | Central field displays the civic eagle of Dortmund, rendered in the late medieval heraldic style typical of Westphalian municipal coinage. The eagle is depicted facing, with wings spread, set within an inner circle or beaded border. The surrounding legend reads MO. NOV. TREMONIE, identifying this as a new coinage of Dortmund (Tremonia being the Latin toponym for the city). The overall die work is characteristic of hammered small silver coinage of the mid-sixteenth century, with moderate relief and some weakness in striking. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a large numeral or denomination mark, likely a stylized figure denoting the value of three Pfennig, enclosed within an inner beaded or wire border. The surrounding marginal legend reads +SIT. NOM. DOM. BENED., an abbreviated devotional inscription derived from the Vulgate phrase 'Sit nomen Domini benedictum' ('Blessed be the name of the Lord'), a common pious legend on Westphalian municipal issues of this period. The die workmanship is consistent with the hammered technique, showing typical irregularities in flan shape and strike. |
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