Salzburg 1522 guldiner Dav-8160

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Künker sale 384, lot 2546

This specimen was lot 2546 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,753 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, 1519-1540. Guldiner 1522. Stempel von Ulrich Ursentaler d. Ä. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Matthäus Lang of Wellenburg, 1519-40, guldiner of 1522, dies by Ulrich Ursentaler. Very rare, attractive example with handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1522 only. 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 27,58 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-8160; Probszt 203; Zöttl 202 (Type 3); M./T. 96.

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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