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2 Kreuzers - Ernest I, Eberhard and Hermann Adolphus
| Issuer | Solms-Lich, County of |
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| Year | 1589 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Quartered coat of arms of the County of Solms-Lich, with quarters 1 and 4 each displaying a rampant lion, and quarters 2 and 3 each bearing a horizontal bar. The shield is the central design element of the field. A Latin legend surrounds the arms, identifying the three ruling counts jointly issuing the coin. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Solms-Lich was partitioned repeatedly among male heirs throughout the sixteenth century, producing a succession of joint-rule coinages where multiple counts appear as co-issuers. This piece reflects one such arrangement — Ernest I ruling alongside his brothers Eberhard and Hermann Adolphus, a tripartite authority that was administratively awkward and numismatically brief.
The county's coinage rights derived from imperial privilege, but small silver pieces of this type circulated primarily within a tight regional radius, absorbed quickly into local trade along the Hessian plain.