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1/4 Thaler - Maximilian III
| Issuer | Teutonic Order (German States) |
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| Year | 1615 |
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| Weight | 7.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Full-length standing figure of Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, facing front, crowned and robed in the mantle of the Order adorned with a prominent cross flory on the chest. In his right hand he holds a long sceptre or sword, while to his left stands a heraldic shield. To the right of the figure, a crowned escutcheon bearing the Order's eagle is visible. The circular Latin legend runs along the inner border of the toothed rim, reading MAXI:DG:AR AV: DVX BV:M:PRVSS. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, served as Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1590 until his death in 1618 — an appointment that reflected the Order's transformation from a crusading military brotherhood into a largely ceremonial Habsburg instrument. By 1615, the Order's territorial holdings in Prussia had been lost for nearly a century, ceded under the 1525 Hohenzollern secularization. Coinage issued from this period originates from the Order's remaining Mergentheim holdings in Franconia, the de facto administrative seat after the Prussian collapse.