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1/2 Ducat - Christian Ulrich von Bernstadt Klippe
| Issuer | Württemberg-Oels, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1683 |
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| Weight | 1.71 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Duchess Sybil Marie facing right, her hair elaborately adorned with a floral wreath and pearl ornaments, set within a beaded inner circle. A Latin legend encircles the effigy, reading SIBYLLA MARIA DUCVON (contracted), with decorative floral stops separating the words. The entire design is framed by an ornate outer border featuring scrollwork and stylized floral motifs at the corners and midpoints of the square klippe flan, characteristic of late 17th-century German court portraiture engraving. |
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| Mintage | 1683: ND (1683) |
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Christian Ulrich ruled a pocket duchy in Silesia whose political survival depended entirely on navigating the competing pressures of Habsburg suzerainty and the perpetual dynastic fragmentation of the Piast inheritance. The 1683 date places this issue in the same year as the Ottoman siege of Vienna — an event that reordered prestige and patronage across every German principality, however small. Klippe format in gold at this weight suggests a presentation or commemorative function rather than circulation, likely struck for court gift-giving rather than trade.