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4 Thalers - George William
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg |
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| Year | 1661 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse description | An elaborate allegorical composition depicting two female figures in a landscaped setting. To the left, a seated figure representing Pietas reclines beneath a leafy tree, holding an attribute and gazing upward. To the right stands a robed figure of Justitia, holding scales in one hand and a scepter or staff in the other. Between them in the middle distance, a panoramic townscape stretches across the field. Above, a divine hand emerges from clouds, descending rays of light and proffering a laurel wreath toward the scene below. The Latin motto legend is disposed around the upper periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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George William of Calenberg died in 1665, and the 1661 date places this issue squarely within the administrative consolidation following the Peace of Westphalia — a period when the Welf dukes were aggressively minting large multiples to project fiscal credibility and fund ongoing court expenditures at Hanover. The 4-Thaler denomination is a multiple struck in limited numbers, almost certainly for presentation or gift purposes rather than hand-to-hand commerce.
Welter 1566 and Dav. LS196 alignment confirms this as one of the recognized Brunswick multiple-Thaler klippe or round presentation types catalogued within that reign. Survivors at this weight are few.