Ferding

1517Circulation

Obverse

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

Legend
English
MONE - ARC · E - PI · Z · MA - GIS · LIV -
Moneta Archi Episcopus Et Magistri Livoniae
15 - 1Ʌ
Coin of the Arch-bishop (of Riga) and the Master of Livonia

Reverse

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

Legend
English
S - MARIA - CO · PO · EPV · A
Sanctus Maria Conserva Populum Episcopus Saint Mary, save the people of the bishopric

Edge

Type Plain

Issues

  • 1517 Riga
  • 1517 Riga

    151Ʌ

Physical

Metal
Silver .930
Weight
2.85 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