Balthasar of Thuringia spent much of his reign entangled in the fratricidal disputes that characterized late Wettin politics, and his minting activity at Sangerhausen reflects a reign defined more by territorial negotiation than administrative stability. The Fürstengroschen type — a heavier grosch-sized issue asserting princely rather than merely civic authority — was a deliberate response to the proliferation of lighter regional groschen flooding Saxon and Thuringian trade routes in the 1390s.
Krug Mei#524 is not frequently encountered outside specialist collections.
Balthasar of Thuringia spent much of his reign entangled in the fratricidal disputes that characterized late Wettin politics, and his minting activity at Sangerhausen reflects a reign defined more by territorial negotiation than administrative stability. The Fürstengroschen type — a heavier grosch-sized issue asserting princely rather than merely civic authority — was a deliberate response to the proliferation of lighter regional groschen flooding Saxon and Thuringian trade routes in the 1390s.
Krug Mei#524 is not frequently encountered outside specialist collections.