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Ducat - Frederick
| Issuer | Bergh, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1578 |
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| Weight | 3.46 g |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned Madonna seated facing, holding the Christ Child on her lap within a beaded inner circle. The Virgin wears a crown and flowing robes rendered in a bold Gothic hammered style. The peripheral legend reads MONETA NOVA AVREA H 78, referencing the mint of Hedel and the date 1578, with the letters distributed around the coin field outside the inner beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Saint Pancratius standing facing in full length, clad in armour and a flowing mantle, holding a palm branch of martyrdom in one hand and a sword in the other, set within a beaded inner circle. The figure is rendered in the late Gothic hammered tradition with fine drapery detail. The surrounding legend S PANCRATIVS MARTIR identifies the patron saint of Hedel, distributed around the periphery outside the inner beaded border. |
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