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Batzen - Thomas I
| Issuer | Lordship of Haldenstein |
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| Year | 1609-1628 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1609-1628) |
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| Obverse description | Half-length figure of Thomas I, Lord of Haldenstein, facing right and depicted in period dress, set within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding Latin legend reads THOMAS · L · B · AB · EHRENFELS, identifying the issuing lord. The portrait is rendered in a late Renaissance hammered style typical of small Swiss lordship coinages of the early seventeenth century. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A five-fold quartered coat of arms of the lords of Haldenstein, displayed within a beaded inner circle. The shield incorporates the heraldic charges associated with the Schauenstein-Ehrenfels family who held the lordship. The encircling Latin legend DNS · IN · HALDENSTAIN identifies the issuer as Lord of Haldenstein. The die work is characteristic of small hammered billon issues from the Graubünden region of the early seventeenth century. |
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