Salzburg 1516 4 kreuzer

from Steve Album sale 45, lot 2606

This specimen was lot 2606 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $102. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: SALZBURG: Leonhard von Keutschach, 1495-1519, AR 4 kreuzer, 1516, St. Rupert holding his salt box in right hand and crozier in left, PCGS graded AU53, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." Four kreuzer made a batzen and sixty kreuzer made a thaler or gulden in the early sixteenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: billon or silver.

Catalog reference: Zöttl-69.

Sources:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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