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| Issuer | Bishopric of Sion |
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| Year | 1499-1522 |
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| Weight | 0.77 g |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of the Bishopric of Sion, surmounted by a bishop's mitre, all set within a beaded inner circle. The escutcheon displays a horizontally divided field with characteristic ecclesiastical heraldic devices rendered in low relief, typical of late medieval hammered coinage. A circular Latin legend runs along the periphery within a beaded border, reading MATHEVS · EPS · SED, identifying the issuer as Matthaus (Schiner), Bishop of Sion (Sedunensis). The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, consistent with hand-struck production of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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