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10 Ducats - Georg III, Ludwig IV and Christian Brieg
| Uitgever | Duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg |
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| Jaar | 1658 |
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| Waarde | 10 Ducats (20) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Three armored half-length busts of the co-ruling Piast dukes Georg III, Ludwig IV, and Christian of Brieg facing forward in close juxtaposition, each wearing elaborate plate armor with ruffs. A small imperial orb appears at the top center of the field, flanked by the legend. Decorative arabesques fill the exergue below the busts. The surrounding legend in Latin identifies the three rulers by name and titles. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The three dukes named on this piece — Georg III, Ludwig IV, and Christian — ruled Liegnitz-Brieg jointly under the fractured inheritance arrangements that plagued Silesian dynastic politics throughout the seventeenth century. By 1658, the Habsburgs were tightening their grip on Silesian ducal rights following Westphalia, and the Piast line governing Liegnitz-Brieg was running out of male heirs. Multi-duke issues of this kind functioned partly as dynastic statements, asserting collective legitimacy at a moment when that legitimacy was under quiet imperial pressure.
Christian, the youngest of the three, would outlive his brothers and see the line extinguished entirely in 1675, at which point Liegnitz-Brieg reverted to direct Habsburg control.