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24 Kreuzers - Ferdinand II

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Issuer City of Glogau (Silesia)
Type Emergency coinage › Siege coins
Conflict Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
Year 1623
Currency Thaler
Composition Silver
Weight 3.53 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
552946
References FuS# 128-129
Friedrich Friedensburg, Hans Seger; 1901. Schlesiens Münzen und Medaillen der neueren Zeit = Silesian Coins and Medals of Modern Times. Vereins für das Museum Schlesischer Altertümer, Wrocław, Poland.
, Herinek 1592-1657# 969
Ludwig Herinek; 1970. Österreichische Münzprägungen / von 1592-1657. Münzhandlg Herinek, Vienna, Austria.

Obverse

Laureate bust right wearing ruffled collar, within beaded inner circle; titles of Ferdinand II around. Denomination in a frame at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FERDINAND•D:G•RIS•A•G•H•B REX•D•S✿
24

Unabridged legend: Ferdinandus Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex Dux Silesiae

Translation: Ferdinand II, by the grace of God, ever august Emperor of the Romans, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Silesia...

Reverse

Crowned double headed imperial eagle with shield on breast within beaded inner circle, legend around with date at the end. Mint letters I-I-H divided by the eagle's heads and neck.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ARCHID AVS DVX BVRG MAR MO 1623
I
I H

Unabridged legend: Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae Marchio Moraviae

Translation: ... Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Marquis of Moravia.

Engraver: Jan Jakub Huser

Edge

Plain

Mint

Głogów, Poland (1340-1625)

Mark

IH Johann Jakob Husser, Mint Master, Głogów (1623), Glatz (1624)

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