fwo_390171 - PRUSSIA - MARGRAVIATE OF BRANDENBURG - GEORGE WILLIAM 1/4 Thaler 1625 Königsberg

PRUSSIA - MARGRAVIATE OF BRANDENBURG - GEORGE WILLIAM 1/4 Thaler 1625 Königsberg VF

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Price : 280.00 €

Type : 1/4 Thaler

Date: 1625

Mint name / Town : Königsberg

Metal : silver

Diameter : 29,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,47 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R2

Catalogue references :

KM/WC.17/

Obverse

Obverse legend : GEORG. WILH: D. G. MARCG. BRAND.

Obverse description : Grand buste de Georges guillaume à droite, coiffé d’une couronne et d’un manteau de sacre, portant un sceptre sur l’épaule droite et tenant une épée dans la main droite.

Reverse

Reverse legend : SAR. ROM. IMP. ARCHIC. ELEC. D. PRVSS.

Reverse description : Eu à quatre quartiers surmonté d’une couronne; 2-5.

Historical background

PRUSSIA - MARGRAVIATE OF BRANDENBURG - GEORGE WILLIAM

(1619-1640)

In 1417, Frederick of Hohenzollern was invested with the Margraviate of Brandenburg by Emperor Sigismund. From this year, the Hohenzollerns will not stop expanding their territory through a game of subtle alliances. The greatest extension of the territory of the Hohenzollerns was the attachment of Prussia to the margraviate of Brandenburg in 1618 with part of the duchies of Cleves and Juliers. The Margraviate of Brandenburg was severely affected by the conflicts of the Thirty Years' War, its population dropping from 360,000 to just 140,000..