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3 Thaler
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1603-1609 |
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| Value | 3 Thalers |
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| Obverse lettering | ° ADVERSVS : HOSTES • NVLLA I PRÆTERVNDA • EST • OCCASIO ° |
| Reverse description | Full-length frontal figure of St. John the Evangelist, nimbed and robed in flowing drapery, standing within an ornate lobed cartouche. In his right hand he holds a chalice bearing a serpent, the traditional attribute of the saint, while his left hand rests upon an open book. The encircling legend in Roman capitals is separated by star stops and runs along the inner edge of the beaded border. |
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Lübeck's multi-thaler issues of the early seventeenth century were struck to facilitate large mercantile transactions in a city whose commercial reach extended across the Baltic and into the Hanseatic trading network. The 3 Thaler denomination was never intended for everyday exchange — pieces of this weight moved between merchants, treasuries, and counting houses.
Behr's census of this specific variety documents only a handful of survivors, and the tight date range of 1603–1609 suggests production was tied to a specific fiscal need rather than routine mintage.