Salzburg 1522 1/4 guldiner

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Künker sale 400, lot 407

This specimen was lot 407 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,449 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, 1519-1540. 1/4 Guldiner 1522. RR Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Matthew Lang of Wellenburg, 1519-40, quarter guldiner of 1522. Very rare, fine patina, about extremely fine.)"

The SCWC lists a series of ducats for 1522 but no silver coinage. Wikipedia comments,

"In the course of the Protestant Reformation Lang's adherence to the older faith, together with his pride and arrogance, made him very unpopular in his Salzburg diocese. As early as in 1523 he was involved in a serious struggle with his subjects in the City of Salzburg, and in 1525, during the German Peasants' War, he had again to fight hard to hold his own. Insurgents occupied the town of Hallein, devastated the archbishop's Burg Hohenwerfen and even laid siege to his residence at Hohensalzburg, until they were finally defeated with the aid of troops provided by the Swabian League."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 7.04 g.

Catalog reference: Zöttl 233.

Source:

  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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