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4 Ducats - Georg III, Ludwig IV and Christian
| Issuer | Duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg |
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| Year | 1658-1659 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | D:G·GEORGIUS·LUDOVICUS·ET·CHRISTIANUS·FRAT: (Translation: By the Grace of God Georg Ludwig and Christian brothers) |
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Georg III, Ludwig IV, and Christian were the three surviving Piast dukes of Liegnitz-Brieg-Wohlau, ruling jointly under the terms of their inheritance arrangement after the death of their father Georg Rudolf in 1653. The three-portrait multiple-ducat format served a deliberate dynastic function: asserting the continued vitality of the Piast line in Silesia at a moment when Habsburg pressure to absorb the duchy on extinction of the male line was already intensifying. The Habsburgs would succeed within a generation — Christian died without issue in 1672, ending the line.