Salzburg (1587-93) 3 thaler Dav-8185

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Künker sale 384, lot 2713

This specimen was lot 2713 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €46,000 (about US$ including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612. Dicker dreifacher Reichstaler o. J. Stifts- und Familienwappen nebeneinander, darüber Kardinalshut mit herabhängenden Quasten, dahinter Kreuz- und Krummstab gekreuzt//St. Rudbertus mit Mitra, Salzgefäß und Krummstab thront v. v. Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Wohl Unikum. Feine Patina, kl. Randfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Dr. Josef Hinterstoisser, Auktion O. Helbing Nachf. 50, München 1926, Nr. 187 (355,- Mark) und der Slg. Salzburg, Auktion Spink & Son 12, Zürich 1984, Nr. 61. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612, undated thick triple thaler. Obverse: episcopal and family arms side by side, cardinal's hat above and cross and crozier behind; reverse: St. Rupert enthroned with miter, saltcellar and crozier. Extremely rare, probably unique, fine patina, minor rim nicks, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This triple thaler was one of a series of commemorative thalers struck at the beginning of Wolf's reign, ranging from three kreuzer to three thalers. Some were struck in klippe format and this one is undated. Salzburg was blessed with a number of productive silver mines and the prince-archbishop was a prolific issuer of coins, particularly thalers. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to Austria in 1814.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 86.28 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-8185; Probszt 818; Zöttl 968 (Type 1).

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
  • Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 384: Münzen, Medaillen und Marken von Salzburg - Die Sammlung Professor Dr. Franz Schedel, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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