Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1⁄12 Thaler - Anthony Ulrich Death
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1704 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a nine-line commemorative inscription in capital Roman letters, entirely filling the field, recording the key dates in the life of Elisabeth Juliane of Holstein-Norburg in chronological order: her birth, marriage, and death. The text is rendered in elegant Roman capitals of varying size for emphasis on the key words NATA, NVPSIT, and OBIIT. The dates are expressed in Roman numerals throughout. The mintmaster's initials *HCH* (Heinrich Christoph Hille) appear in the final line below the death date. A milled border encloses the inscription. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Anthony Ulrich ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel for over half a century and spent much of that reign cultivating one of the most sophisticated courts in the Holy Roman Empire — a genuine rival, in his estimation, to Versailles. This 1704 issue marks the death of his eldest son and heir, August Wilhelm's older brother Anton Ulrich the Younger, not the duke himself, who would not die until 1714. The commemorative 1/12 Thaler format was a common vehicle for such dynastic grief in the German states, struck in small quantities for distribution among court mourners rather than general circulation.