Mainz 1685 3 pfennig
This specimen was lot 2441 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €30 (about US$39 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF ANSELM FRANZ VON INGELHEIM, 1679-1695. Die Münzstätte Erfurt. 3 Pfennig 1685, Erfurt. Münzmeisterzeichen gekreuzte Zainhaken. Mit Kurhut bedecktes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Ingelheim), dahinter Krummstab und Schwert gekreuzt, zu den Seiten je ein Palmzweig, darüber AF - EM//Reichsapfel mit Wertzahl 3, zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 85, umher Lorbeerkranz, unten gekreuzte Zainhaken. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Sammlung Horn. Erworben 2016 von Manfred Olding, Osnabrück. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Anselm Francis of Ingelheim, 1679-95, threepence of 1685, Erfurt mint. Obverse: capped, quartered arms of Mainz and Ingelheim, sword and crozier crossed behind, palm branches around; reverse: imperial orb with value divides the date. Very fine.)"
Anselm Francis of Ingelheim (1634-95) succeeded Charles Henry as archbishop of Mainz in 1679. Unlike many of his predecessors, he held no other office. After the French invaded and wrecked his diocese in the 1690's, he moved to Aschaffenburg. This type was struck 1680-82, 1685-86, 1689-90. The "AF+EM" means "Anselm Franz, Erzbischof von Mainz". Gold presentation strikes dated 1680 exist of this type.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 0,73 g.
Catalog reference: KM 176, Gräßler/Walde 732; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) - ; Slg. Walther 443 (Lot).
- 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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