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3 Thalers - Rudolph August Death
| Issuer | Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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| Year | 1676 |
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| Weight | 84.42 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely covered by a multi-line Latin funerary inscription within a plain field, recording the birth and death dates of Augustus Friedrich along with an extended epitaph in classical Roman capital lettering. The text begins with NAT. XXIV. AUG. AN. M.DCI.VII and records biographical details, his betrothal, untimely death on IX August, and concludes with verses of mourning: PARENTIBVS FAMILIAE PATRIAE VT QVONDAM SPES AMOR ET DELI... SIC NVNC LVCTUS LACRYMAEQVE ET DESO-LATIO. The inscription fills the entire flan with no central image, the text arranged in evenly spaced horizontal lines. A reeded border frames the entire reverse. |
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Rudolph August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel died in 1704, which makes the 1676 date here almost certainly a regnal or commemorative reference point rather than a death issue — possibly marking a political settlement or territorial consolidation during his reign. Large multiple-thaler pieces of this type were not struck for circulation; they served as presentation objects distributed at court, and surviving examples almost invariably show minimal contact marks as a result.
The 84-gram format places this firmly in the tradition of Brunswick Löser coinage, a regional phenomenon where the dukes issued oversized silver pieces as a deliberate display of mining wealth drawn from the Harz Mountain operations.