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8 Thalers - Julius Juliuslöser

Features

Issuer Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German States)
Prince Julius (1568-1589)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1588
Value 8 Thalers
Currency Thaler (1499-1814)
Composition Silver
Weight 232.91 g
Diameter 73 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
248410
References MB# 235
Norman Douglas Nicol. Standard Catalog of German Coins. Krause Publications (2 volumes).
, Dav BrSL# 21
John Stewart Davenport; 1956. Oversize Multiple Talers of the Brunswick Duchies and Saxe-Lauenburg (1st Edition). Self-published, Galesburg, Illinois, United States.
, Welter# 565
Gerhard Welter. Die Münzen der Welfen seit Heinrich dem Löwen. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany (3 volumes).

Obverse

1/2-length armored figure 3/4 right holding battle ax over right shulder divides date, 4 margins, outer margin begins VON. G. GNADEN.

Script: Latin

Reverse

Larger arms with wildmen within wreath, left one holding imperial orb with value 8 punched over 5 (TALER), right one holding lit candle, 2 margins margins.

Script: Latin

Mint

Heinrichstadt, modern-day Wolfenbüttel, Germany

Comments

Duve 8
Struck with the dies of the 5 Taler coin

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1588 

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