2 Thalers - Ulrich II

East Frisia's monetary output in the early 1630s was produced under extreme duress — the Thirty Years' War had brought Imperial and Spanish troops repeatedly through the region, and Ulrich II ruled a county whose political survival was genuinely uncertain. Large silver multiples like this double thaler were struck more for diplomatic and prestational purposes than circulation; pieces of this weight and denomination moved between treasuries and noble hands, not market stalls.

Davenport's attribution confirms the type, but survivors in any condition are infrequently encountered at auction.