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1/2 Batzen - Charles, Wolfgang, Martin, Ludwig XV
| Issuer | County of Oettingen-Oettingen (Öttingen, German States) |
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| Year | 1522-1524 |
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| Value | 1/2 Batzen (1⁄30) |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts the standing figure of Saint Sebastian, patron saint of the county, rendered in the late Gothic manner typical of early Reformation-era South German minor coinage. The saint is shown facing forward, his body pierced by arrows as per his martyrdom iconography, set within the coin's field. A beaded inner circle borders the central image, separating it from the surrounding Latin legend. The peripheral legend reads S : SEBASTIANVS : MONE : COMITA : OTIN, identifying the saint and affirming the coinage authority of the County of Oettingen. The flan exhibits the irregular outline and uneven strike characteristic of hammered silver production of the early sixteenth century. |
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| Mintage | 1522 - - 1523 - - 1524 - - |
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The County of Oettingen was split among multiple co-ruling lines throughout the early sixteenth century, and this coin reflects that directly — the four named rulers governed simultaneously under the fractured inheritance arrangements common to the Imperial German nobility of the period. Joint-rule coinages of this kind were administratively awkward and typically short-lived, which accounts for the narrow three-year window of issue.