Trojak, Vogelwaider Vogelwaid, Eustachius mintmaster / publisher; Decius, Jost Ludwik fl. 1528–1535 mint manager / co-creator. Albrecht Hohenzollern Prince of Prussia; 1490–1568 — iconography: male busts in armour, stars. Obverse: male bust in armour in profile turned to the right; short hair, beard with sideburns. Inscription around the rim: *ALBER DG MAR BRAN DVX PRVSS. Double continuous border, floral motifs between the words. Reverse: within a double continuous border an inscription in six lines: -III-.GROSS:AR:/.TRIPLEX./.ALBER:DVC./.PRVSSIE./-I540-. The denomination and date are between trefoil marks. 1540. Ducal Prussia 1525–1701, Königsberg mint. Coin; diameter 22.4 mm, weight 2.52 g, axis 270°., A round metallic object with a worn silver-gray surface showing a raised profile of a bearded man facing right, with detailed hair and curled beard, surrounded by a raised border and a ring of raised characters around the edge; the background beyond the object is white.
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Trojak, Vogelwaider Vogelwaid, Eustachius mintmaster / publisher; Decius, Jost Ludwik fl. 1528–1535 mint manager / co-creator. Albrecht Hohenzollern Prince of Prussia; 1490–1568 — iconography: male busts in armour, stars. Obverse: male bust in armour in profile turned to the right; short hair, beard with sideburns. Inscription around the rim: *ALBER DG MAR BRAN DVX PRVSS. Double continuous border, floral motifs between the words. Reverse: within a double continuous border an inscription in six lines: -III-.GROSS:AR:/.TRIPLEX./.ALBER:DVC./.PRVSSIE./-I540-. The denomination and date are between trefoil marks. 1540. Ducal Prussia 1525–1701, Königsberg mint. Coin; diameter 22.4 mm, weight 2.52 g, axis 270°., A round metallic object with a worn silver-gray surface showing a raised profile of a bearded man facing right, with detailed hair and curled beard, surrounded by a raised border and a ring of raised characters around the edge; the background beyond the object is white.

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Trojak Vogelwaider Vogelwaid Eustachius mintmaster publisher Decius Jost Ludwik fl 1528–1535 mint manager co-creator Albrecht Hohenzollern Prince Prussia 1490–1568 iconography male busts armour stars Obverse male bust profile turned right short hair beard sideburns Inscription rim *Alber Dg Mar Bran Dvx Prvss Double continuous border floral motifs words Reverse within double continuous border inscription six lines -Iii-.Gross Ar .Triplex .Alber Dvc .Prvssie -I540- denomination date trefoil marks 1540 Ducal Prussia 1525–1701 Königsberg mint Coin diameter 22.4 mm weight 2.52 g axis 270° round metallic object worn silver-gray surface showing raised profile bearded man facing detailed hair curled beard surrounded raised border ring raised characters edge background beyond object white.

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