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1 Pfennig - Ernest I, Rudolph IV and Wolfgang
| Issuer | Principality of Anhalt (German States) |
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| Year | 1508-1509 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#7 , Mann#29 |
| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a quartered heraldic shield bearing the arms of Anhalt, featuring the distinctive eagle of the principality in the dexter quarters and a geometric device in the sinister quarters. Above the shield, an ornate Gothic letter or monogram is visible, likely representing the initials of the co-ruling princes. The coin is struck on an irregular flan typical of hammered pfennig coinage of the early sixteenth century, with a crenellated border visible around the periphery. The die-work displays the characteristic crude but purposeful style of minor German States bracteate-related coinage of this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1508-1509) |
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Ernest I, Rudolph IV, and Wolfgang ruled Anhalt jointly following the dynastic consolidation of the Ascanian branches in the early sixteenth century — a period when the principality was fragmenting authority even as it nominally unified it. This pfennig reflects that uneasy co-regency, struck across two years before Wolfgang's premature death in 1509 effectively ended the trio. Joint-name issues from Anhalt of this period are short-lived almost by definition, and the 1508–1509 window is narrow enough that surviving examples carrying all three names represent a specific, bounded political moment rather than a sustained coinage program.