Mainz 1674-MF albus

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Künker sale 404, lot 2377

This specimen was lot 2377 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,936 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF LOTHAR FRIEDRICH VON METTERNICH-BURSCHEID, 1673-1675. Prägungen Lothar Friedrichs als Erzbischof von Mainz, 1673-1675. Die Münzstätte Mainz. ½ Dukat 1674, Mainz. Geprägt mit den Stempeln des Albus. Münzmeister Matthias Fischer. Sechsfeldiges Wappen (Worms/Mainz/Speyer/ Weißenburg/Mainz/Worms) mit Mittelschild von Metternich-Burscheid, umher Lorbeerkranz//[drei Ringe übereinander] I [drei Ringe übereinander] / ALBVS / • 1 • 6 • 7 • 4 / darunter Signatur zwischen, umher Lorbeerkranz. Von großer Seltenheit. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion H. D. Rauch 106, Wien 2018, Nr. 752. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Lothar Frederick of Metternich-Burscheid, 1673-75, half ducat of 1674, Mainz mint, struck using albus dies. Obverse: six-fold arms of Worms, Mainz, Speyer and Weißenburg with an escutcheon of Metternich-Burscheid in a laurel wreath; reverse: value and date in laurel wreath. Extremely rare, extremely fine.)"

Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid (1617-75) was the bishop of Speyer from 1652 to 1675 and succeeded Johann Philipp von Schönborn as archbishop of Mainz and bishop of Worms from 1673 to 1675. Pluralism was common in the seventeenth century. This is an off-metal presentation strike of half ducat weight which the SCWC lists as a pattern. These presentation strikes were very popular in the Netherlands and appear occasionally in the German series.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen gold, 1,71 g.

Catalog reference: KM 129 (regular issue), KM Pn5 (gold), Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther 344.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 404: Coins and Medals of the City of Mainz - The Prof. Dr. Eckhart Pick Collection, Part II, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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