Mainz 1674-MF thaler Dav-5560

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Künker sale 404, lot 2378

This specimen was lot 2378 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €20,000 (about US$26,242 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. Reichstaler 1674, Mainz. Münzmeister Matthias Fischer. Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat// Sechsfach behelmtes und verziertes, sechsfeldiges Wappen (Worms/Mainz/Speyer/ Weißenburg/Mainz/ Worms) mit Mittelschild von Metternich-Burscheid, dahinter Krumm-, Kreuzstab und Schwert gekreuzt. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Dr. Rudolph Walther, Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 275, Frankfurt/Main 1971, Nr. 346 und der Slg. Heinz Beaury, Auktion Fischer 7, Bonn 2022, Nr. 5259. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Lothar Frederick of Metternich-Burscheid, 1673-75, thaler of 1674, Mainz mint. Obverse: bust right in episcopal robe; reverse: six-helmeted, six-fold arms of Mainz, Worms, Speyer and Weißenburg with an escutcheon of Metternich-Burscheid, crozier and sword crossed behind. Extremely rare, fine patina, 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 thaler accompanied a double thaler (Dav-5559), both rare. Like many German princes, the archbishop was striking mostly gulden in the 1670's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,88 g.

Catalog reference: KM 130, Dav-5560; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther 346 (this example).

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.
  • Davenport, John S., German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
  • [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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