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3 Pfennigs - Wenceslaus III Adam Teschen
| Issuer | Duchy of Teschen |
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| Year | 1562-1569 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse description | The central field bears an ornate four-lobed or quatrefoil cartouche enclosing a date composed of the last two digits of the regnal year, flanked by numerals within the decorative frame, consistent with Silesian Pfennig typology of the period. The cartouche is surrounded by a plain inner circle, with the pious Latin legend SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM — 'Blessed be the name of the Lord' — disposed around the outer margin. The overall design reflects the devotional character common to small-denomination Silesian coinage of the 1560s, struck on a rough irregular flan by the hammered technique. |
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| Reverse lettering | SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM |
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Wenceslaus III Adam ruled Teschen from 1545 until his death in 1579, navigating the duchy through the competing pressures of Habsburg suzerainty and Lutheran Reformation sentiment — he himself converted to Lutheranism around 1550. This small silver issue belongs to the middle decades of his reign, when Silesian minting activity was fragmented across numerous petty principalities each exercising independent coinage rights under imperial privilege. The Kopicki R3 rarity designation reflects genuine scarcity, not collector neglect; Teschen's output was modest by any measure, and few pieces entered broad circulation beyond the duchy's immediate trade sphere.