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3 Kreuzers - Eberhard and Hermann Adolphus
| Issuer | Solms-Lich, County of |
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| Year | 1595 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Spread double-headed imperial eagle with both heads facing outward beneath a single imperial crown, the wings displayed. An imperial orb bearing the numeral 3, denoting the denomination in Kreuzer, is placed on the breast of the eagle. The surrounding Latin legend RVDOLPH` II` IMP` AVG` P` F` DE references Emperor Rudolf II, running along the inner border of a beaded rim. |
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Solms-Lich in the late sixteenth century was governed under a system of joint rule, with Eberhard and Hermann Adolphus issuing coinage together as co-counts — a dynastic arrangement common among the fragmented Wetterau territories, where inheritance laws repeatedly split already modest lordships between brothers. The 3 Kreuzer denomination was the workhorse of petty commerce in the Holy Roman Empire during this period, and the Solms counts exercised their minting rights partly as a matter of prestige, partly to supply a genuinely coin-starved regional market.
Joseph Sol#58f suggests minor die variants exist within this type.