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Dicken - Niklaus Schiner
| Issuer | Bishopric of Sion |
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| Year | 1497-1499 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | +NICOLAV·EPS·SEDV·PRE·ET·CO:VAL |
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| Reverse lettering | S: THEO EPS: SEDVN |
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Niklaus Schiner held the see of Sion from 1496 until his death in 1499, a tenure too short to produce a large coinage. His nephew Matthäus Schiner — the future cardinal who would drag the Swiss Confederation into the Italian Wars on the papal side — was already maneuvering politically during these years, and the Bishopric's alliance networks were shifting accordingly. The Valais was far from a backwater: Sion controlled the Simplon route into Italy, and the bishop's right to strike silver reflected genuine economic leverage over trans-Alpine trade.
Three years in production, at most.