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German States, Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut, Henry XVI the Rich, 1393 - 1450 A.D.
Henry XVI was the first of the three famous rich dukes, who ruled Bavaria-Landshut in the 15th century. Their residence was Trausnitz Castle in Landshut, a fortification which attained enormous dimensions. Having inherited the despotic temperament of his father. He very cruelly oppressed uprisings of the citizenry of Landshut in 1410 and fought successfully against his cousin Louis VII the Bearded, the duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt. He united Louis’ enemies in the Parakeet Society of 1414 and the League of Constance of 1415. Henry banished his wife, which his son and grandson made a family tradition. The raised square on the reverse (quadratum supercusum) was the result of a minting technique popular in the region in this period. The blank was not a round cast flan, but started as a square cut from a sheet. The square was hammered more or less round by exactly four strokes. A square section in the center, the quadratum supercusum, was left with the original thickness.
ME92168. Silver pfennig, Wittelsbach 3435, VF, Ötting (Altötting, Germany) mint, weight 0.520g, maximum diameter 15.5mm, die axis 45o, 1393 - 1450 A.D.; obverse hound left, tree on far side; reverse Gothic letter H between two annulets, struck over raised square (quadratum supercusum); ex Münzenhandlung Manfred Olding (Osnabrück, Germany); rare; SOLD
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