Modern coin – HCR160915

Obverse

Inscription:

IVSTVS EX FIDE VIVIT 153Z(2)

Design:

Bust of the duke right, with a small shield of the Hohenzollern arms above.

Inscription:

ALBER D G MAR BRAN DVX PRVSS

Design:

Prussian eagle with a crown around the neck, on its breast, in an oval, the letter "S" of Sigismund I of Poland.

Category

Silver coin of the German states.

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Prussia: duchy

Person

Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Duke of Prussia (from 1525), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (until 1525), 1510 - 1568

Reign

Dating

1532

Mint

Konigsberg

Denomination

Groschen

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Weight (g)

1.85

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

5/8/1977

Source

J. K. R. Murray

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. K. R. Murray, 1977.

Reference

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