Ferding

1516Circulation

Obverse

A tree in a smooth shield beside another smooth shield with its right half shaded, all below the date and on a cross that divides the surrounding legend into four sections

Legend
English
MO · ARC - HIE · ET - MAGIS - TRI · LI : -
Moneta Archiepiscpus Et Magistri Livoniae
15 - 16
Coin of the Archbishop (of Riga) and the Master of Livonia

Reverse

Person above rays and holding child to the right, all surrounded by legend

Legend
English
CON · SERVA · NOS · DOMIN ·
Conserva Noster Domina Save us, Lady

Edge

Type Plain

Issues

  • 1516 Riga

Physical

Metal
Silver .930
Weight
2.84 g
Diameter
24.5 mm
Shape
Round (irregular)
Technique
Hammered

Details

Value
Ferding
= 1/4 Mark
= 9 Schilling
= 27 Pfennig
= 54 Scherf
Type
Circulation
Ruler
Wolter von Plettenberg (1494–1535), Jasper Linde (1509–1524)
Demonetized
Yes

Notes

This coin was issued as a joint coinage between the Livonian Order and the Archbishopric of Riga