Kuno II von Falkenstein served as Archbishop of Trier from 1362 until his death in 1388, during which the Rhenish electoral mints were producing goldgulden under the terms of successive agreements among the four Rhenish electors — Trier, Cologne, Mainz, and the Count Palatine. The 1376 date falls within the period of the Kurverein treaties that periodically standardized weight and fineness across the alliance, making die attribution and mint-year specificity unusually well-documented for the type. Noss remains the foundational reference for Trier goldgulden of this period, and the Be#177 designation places this piece within a narrowly defined die grouping.
Kuno II von Falkenstein served as Archbishop of Trier from 1362 until his death in 1388, during which the Rhenish electoral mints were producing goldgulden under the terms of successive agreements among the four Rhenish electors — Trier, Cologne, Mainz, and the Count Palatine. The 1376 date falls within the period of the Kurverein treaties that periodically standardized weight and fineness across the alliance, making die attribution and mint-year specificity unusually well-documented for the type. Noss remains the foundational reference for Trier goldgulden of this period, and the Be#177 designation places this piece within a narrowly defined die grouping.