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1 Groschen - Albert III of Herzberg
| Issuer | Brunswick-Grubenhagen, Principality of |
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| Year | 1464-1485 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | A rampant lion passant to the left, accompanied by a shielded coat of arms positioned to the sinister side. A star device appears above the surrounding circular legend, rendered in uncial Latin characters. The overall style is characteristic of late medieval German hammered coinage, with bold, stylised heraldic imagery typical of the Brunswick-Grubenhagen principality. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Brunswick-Grubenhagen was among the smallest and most financially precarious of the fragmented Brunswick territorial lines, perpetually overshadowed by the wealthier Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg branches. Albert III ruled from Herzberg am Harz, a modest residence that reflected the principality's limited resources. The Groschen issues of this period were produced largely to facilitate local commerce in the Harz region, where silver mining gave even minor lords both the raw material and the political justification to strike coin.
Welter 318 is documented across very few surviving examples, consistent with the short operational windows typical of minor Harz-area mints under financial strain.