Germany, Saxony, Krystian II (1583-1611), John George I and Augustus, 1598 HR thaler, Dresden
obverse: figures of three brothers and above them date 1598 and legend: +CHRISTIAN-IOHAN:GEORG-ET-AVGVSTVS
reverse: a multi-poly coat of arms surmounted by three helmets and the legend FRAT:ET-DV CES-SAXON:, between the two helmets the letters HB
After the death of Krystian I Wettin in 1591, his underage sons took over the government under the regency of Frederick William I, Duke of Saxony-Weimar. The first to take power was precisely Krystian II (the ruler on the obverse), but he died childless in Dresden in 1611, handing over the throne to his brother John George (Johann Georg).
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