6 Mariengroschen - Anthony Ulrich

Anthony Ulrich ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel until his death in 1714 at age 80, having spent his final years engineering the territory's conversion to Catholicism — a move calculated to secure Habsburg favor and advance dynastic ambitions in the Imperial succession. The 6 Mariengroschen was a workhorse denomination in the Lower Saxon currency system, the Mariengroschen itself being a regional unit tied historically to the image of the Virgin favored across Brunswick coinage since the late medieval period.

Welter 2319 documents the type across multiple die marriages from this short window.