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1 Mariengroschen - Ernest I, Botho and Caspar Ulrich
| Issuer | County of Regenstein |
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| Year | 1563-1564 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#14, Schult#2891 |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of the Madonna, nimbed and draped, holding the Christ Child before her, with radiating rays emanating from both figures in a mandorla-like glory. The devotional image is rendered in the conventional Mariengroschen tradition, with a circular Latin legend surrounding the central device and a beaded inner border. The style reflects standard North German hammered silver groschen typology of the 1560s. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Regenstein was a tiny comital territory clinging to the northern edge of the Harz Mountains, and by the 1560s its ruling house was effectively bankrupt. The joint issue by Ernest I alongside Botho and Caspar Ulrich reflects the county's practice of co-regency among heirs — a legal arrangement that kept the territory nominally unified while forestalling partition. Regenstein was absorbed by Brandenburg-Prussia in 1670, and its independent coinage history is correspondingly brief.
Schult#2891 is among the scarcer documented types from this mint, with surviving examples appearing infrequently in German regional sales.