The so-called Three Brothers halfthaler, minted at the Dresden mint in 1596 during the joint rule of Saxon electors Christian II, John Georg I and August, from the period when Friedrich Wilhelm von Sachsen-Altenburg (1591-1601) took care of underage brothers.
Hints of mint luster.
Germany, Saxony, Christian II, Johann Georg I and August (1591–1611), 1/2 Thaler 1594, Dresden mint
Obverse: three brothers facing, date above divided by head of central character 1594, legend divided by an globus cruciger
CHRISTIAN·IOHAN:GEORG·ET·AVGVSTVS
Reverse: a five-field heraldic coat of amrs
FRATRES ET DVCES SAXONIÆ
Diameter mm, weight g
