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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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| Value | 3 Pfennigs (3 Pfennige) (1⁄180) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a crowned imperial double-headed eagle, its wings spread and displayed, rendered in the late Renaissance hammered style characteristic of Silesian coinage. The eagle occupies the majority of the inner field, enclosed within a plain inner circle. A Latin legend surrounds the periphery reading WENCESLAVS D G DVX S ET T, identifying the issuer as Wenceslaus, Duke of Sagan and Teschen, by the grace of God. The coin's irregular flan and characteristic flan flaws are consistent with hand-hammered production of the mid-sixteenth century. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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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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