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!
3 Groschen - Frederick II
| Issuer | Liegnitz-Brieg, Duchy of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1541-1545 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Round (irregular) |
| 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 | Bearded elderly bust of Duke Frederick II of Liegnitz-Brieg facing right, depicted in profile with a short beard and wearing a ruffled collar, rendered in a bold hammered relief characteristic of mid-16th-century Silesian coinage. The portrait occupies the central field, with the duke's aged features rendered with notable realism. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy reading the religious motto VERBUM DOMINI MANET IN AETERNUM (The Word of the Lord Endures Forever), separated by pellet stops. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Five-line Latin inscription filling the entire reverse field, denoting the denomination, ruler, and issuing duchy, with the date appearing in the exergue below. The lettering is bold and deeply struck in the hammered style, reading III / GROSS. AR. / TRIP. FRID. / DVC. SLES. / LEG. BREG., abbreviating 'Tres Grossi Argentei Triplices Friderici Ducis Silesiae Legnicensis Bregensis' (Three Silver Groschen of Frederick, Duke of Silesia, Liegnitz and Brieg). The date, visible as 1544 on the illustrated example, appears at the bottom flanked by small ornamental rosettes. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| 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 | Log in to see details |