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Batzen - Hildebrand I
| Issuer | Bishopric of Sion |
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| Year | 1565-1604 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | A plain cross with expanded arms divides the field into four quarters, with a quatrefoil rosette in the upper-left and lower-right quarters and a small fleur-de-lis ornament in the upper-right quarter, all within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend reads HILTEBRANDVS · DERI · EPS · SED, referencing Bishop Hildebrand of Sion, separated by a cross pattée at the beginning. The overall design is typical of late-medieval Swiss ecclesiastical hammered coinage, with a plain, unadorned field accentuating the bold cross motif. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A full-length facing figure of Saint Theodore (Theodulus), patron saint of Valais, depicted standing in episcopal vestments with a mitre upon his head. He holds a long sword in his right hand and what appears to be a model or palm frond in his left, rendered in a hieratic, stylized Gothic manner characteristic of late 16th-century Swiss ecclesiastical coinage. The figure is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, and the surrounding legend SANCTVS · THEODOLVS PA · VAL · P · identifies the saint and his role as patron of Valais. |
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