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AR Pfennig (1487-1531, Pfreimd mint)
O/ Loop over two coats of arms; L below.
R/ Flat reverse.
14.5mm; 0.26g
John IV, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg (1470-1487-1531):
John was the Landgrave of Leuchtenberg, a small enclave in Bavaria, in the south of the Margraviate of Bayreuth, not far from the Bohemian border. He inherited it from his father Frederick V (1463-1487).
During the War of the Succession of Landshut (1503-1505), John IV bet on the wrong horse by following Philip I, the Elector Palatine, against Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich, and was temporarily expelled from his land by the Emperor Maximilian, who had sided with Albert IV.
Besides, when the Leuchtenberg family became extinct in 1646, the Landgraviate was inherited by the Wittelsbachs of Bavaria.
The coat of arms depicted in the left is that of the Leuchtenbergs. The right one is in fact the crest of the same coat of arms, showing a man with a pointed hat, but put into another shield; it is an unusual depiction, probably because the flan was too small to show the traditional arrangement (see a more common example below). The man with the pointed hat is almost certainly a Jew, as they used to wear such hats. William III of Saxony also minted a "Judenkopf Groschen" showing a man with a pointed hat. It is difficult to explain why several princes chose to depict Jews on their coinage and their coat of arms during this period; perhaps they wanted to show the importance of Jews in the economy?
Coleção : Holy Roman Empire