Dicken - Niklaus Schiner

Features

Location Bishopric of Sion (Valais)
Bishop Nicholas Schiner (1496-1499)
Type Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Years 1497-1499
Value 1 Dicken (¼)
Currency Thaler (1475-1780)
Composition Silver
Weight 8.17 g
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
221723
References Pal Sion# 25,
Maurice de Palézieux-DuPan; 1909. Numismatique de l'évêché de Sion. Revue suisse de Numismatique, Geneva, Switzerland.
HMZ 2# 1017
Jürg Richter, Ruedi Kunzmann; 2006. Der neue HMZ-Katalog / Band. 2. Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins : 15./16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.

Obverse

Mitred and nimbate Saint Theodore of Octodurum, standing, holding sword in right hand and crosier in his left hand, looking right over his shoulder to a devil at his feet holding a bell.

Lettering: EPS ⦂ SEDVN ᐤ ᐤ S ஃ THEO

Mint

Sion / Sitten, Switzerland

Comments

The piece is probably an old well-made one-sided imitation collector piece or pendant piece from the 19th century.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1497-1499) 

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