Trojak three-groschen coin. Obverse: male bust in armour in profile facing right; short hair, long beard with sideburns. In the rim an inscription beginning with a trefoil: -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./-I54I-; denomination and date between trefoil marks. Maker/publisher: Schilling, Maciej; co-creator: Decjusz, Jost Ludwik fl. 1528–1535 mint manager. Iconography: Albrecht Hohenzollern Prince of Prussia; 1490–1568. Date: 1541. Place: Ducal Prussia, Königsberg mint. Coin; diameter 22.5 mm, weight 2.68 g, axis 40°.
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Trojak three-groschen coin. Obverse: male bust in armour in profile facing right; short hair, long beard with sideburns. In the rim an inscription beginning with a trefoil: -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./-I54I-; denomination and date between trefoil marks. Maker/publisher: Schilling, Maciej; co-creator: Decjusz, Jost Ludwik fl. 1528–1535 mint manager. Iconography: Albrecht Hohenzollern Prince of Prussia; 1490–1568. Date: 1541. Place: Ducal Prussia, Königsberg mint. Coin; diameter 22.5 mm, weight 2.68 g, axis 40°.

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Trojak three-groschen coin Obverse male bust armour profile facing right short hair long beard sideburns rim inscription trefoil -Alber Dg Mar Bran Dvx Prvss double continuous border floral motifs words Reverse within six lines -Iii-.Gross Ar .Triplex .Alber Dvc .Prvssie -I54I- denomination date trefoil marks Maker publisher Schilling Maciej co-creator Decjusz Jost Ludwik fl 1528–1535 mint manager Iconography Albrecht Hohenzollern Prince Prussia 1490–1568 Date 1541 Place Ducal Prussia Königsberg mint Coin diameter 22.5 mm weight 2.68 g axis 40°.

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