1405-1406 AD., German States, Landgraviate of Thuringia, Balthasar, Sangerhausen mint, Groschen, Saurma coll. no. 4364.

German States, Landgraviate of Thuringia, Balthasar (1369-1406), Sangerhausen mint, ca. 1405-1406 AD.,
Groschen (ø 27-28 mm / 2,24 g), silver, axes irregular alignment ↑↙ (ca. 220°),
Obv.: [ + BA]LTh ° DI ° GRACIA ° TV[RIN]G ° LNG / D - R - V - X , cross in a quadrilobe, four letters in fields.
Rev.: + GROSSVS + [mA]RCh + mISnЄNSIS / b - o - o , rampant lion left, b and two annulets in fields.
Krug 528-534 ; Saurmasche coll. coin no. 4364 (Illustration no. 2328) .

Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia (born 21 December 1336 in Weißenfels; died: 18 May 1406 at the Wartburg in Eisenach) was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia from the House of Wettin. Balthasar was the second son of Frederick the Serious. After his father's death in 1349, his elder brother Frederick the Austere acted as regent and guardian for Balthasar and his brothers William I and Louis. After they came of age, William and Balthasar ruled joinly with Frederick.
After Frederick's death, a conflict arose between the brothers Balthasar and William on the one hand, and their nephews, Frederick the Warlike, William the rich and George on the other hand. This was resolved on November 1382, with the so-called Division of Chemnitz in which Balthasar received the Landgraviate of Thuringia. Balthasar first married, in the spring of 1374, with Margaret, the daughter of Burgrave Albert of Nuremberg (d. 1390). With her, he had a son: Frederick the Peaceable, who succeeded him as Landgrave of Thuringia.