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3 Kreuzers - Ferdinand II Graz
| Issuer | Styria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1598-1603 |
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| Value | 3 Kreuzer - Groschen (1/20) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped bust of the young Archduke Ferdinand II facing right, set within a beaded inner circle. The effigy depicts the ruler with a ruffled collar and a crown, rendered in a late Renaissance style. The numeral '3' appears at the base of the bust, denoting the coin's denomination. The surrounding legend reads FERDINAN D G ARCHIDVX, identifying the issuer as Archduke Ferdinand by the Grace of God. |
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| Obverse lettering | FERDINAN D G ARCHIDVX |
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Ferdinand II — then Archduke of Inner Austria, not yet Holy Roman Emperor — used Graz as his primary mint during the period of Counter-Reformation pressure he was actively applying to Styria's Protestant majority. The years bracketed by this issue coincide almost exactly with his 1599 expulsion of Protestant preachers and teachers from Graz, a campaign that preceded his broader suppression of Protestantism across the Habsburg hereditary lands.
Herinya references 87 through 92 indicate at least six die varieties across the emission, typical of multi-year Graz output where annual die preparation introduced small but catalogable differences in the rendering.