Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Thaler - Frederick William and John
| Issuer | Saxe-Weimar, Duchy of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1582-1585 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Thaler |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Facing half-length bearded bust of Duke Frederick William, draped, dividing the date within the inner circle. The surrounding legend is interrupted by six small heraldic shields arranged symmetrically in the margin. Inscription reads in abbreviated Latin titles denoting his rank as Duke of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Margrave of Meissen. The bold, frontal portraiture is characteristic of late 16th-century German Renaissance medallic art. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | D G FRI WIL DV SAX LAN THV E M AR MI MO IMP |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Frederick William and his brother John ruled Saxe-Weimar jointly following the division of Ernestine Saxon territories, a dynastic arrangement that produced relatively short co-regency coinages. John died in 1605, but the brothers' joint issues were struck across only a narrow window in the 1580s, making surviving examples from this specific period scarcer than the later sole-reign issues of Frederick William.
The Dav GT I#9770 attribution places this squarely within the broader Guldentaler/Reichstaler transition coinage of the Ernestine line — a monetary moment when standardization across fragmented Saxon holdings was still being negotiated mint by mint.