1 Dreier - Louis II, Henry XXI, Albert George and Christian I

The four counts named on this coin — Louis II, Henry XXI, Albert George, and Christian I — ruled Stolberg jointly under the dynastic co-regency system that characterized the small German territories of the Holy Roman Empire throughout the sixteenth century. Stolberg's partition agreements repeatedly divided and recombined authority among branches of the same family, making issues bearing multiple names both administratively necessary and chronologically narrow. The 1556–1561 window corresponds to a specific alignment of living co-rulers that closed when the family lines diverged again.