Salzburg 1565 2-1/2 thaler Dav-8171

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Künker sale 384, lot 2630

This specimen was lot 2630 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €40,000 (about US$51,688 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi, 1560-1586. 2 1/2facher Reichstaler 1565. Vierfeldiges Stifts- und Familienwappen, darüber Kardinalshut mit herabhängenden Quasten, dahinter Kreuz- und Krummstab gekreuzt, unten zu den Seiten die abgekürzte und geteilte Jahreszahl 6 - 5//Die beiden Stiftsheiligen St. Rudbertus und St. Virgilius sitzen nebeneinander mit Mitra, Salzgefäß und Krummstab, die Köpfe einander zugewandt, davor Dommodell. Von größter Seltenheit. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar des Fürstlich Fürstenbergischen Münzkabinettes Donaueschingen, Teil 1, Auktion Helbing Nachf. 67, München 1932, Nr. 311 (220,- Mark) und der Slg. Salzburg, Auktion Spink & Son 12, Zürich 1984, Nr. 45. (archbishopric of Salzburg, John Jacob Khuen of Belasi, 1560-86, 2½ thaler of 1565. Obverse: quartered arms of the state and the bishop, cardinal's hat above, cross and crozier behind, dividing the date; reverse: SS. Rupert and Virgil seated side by side, with miter, saltcellar and crozier, with a model of the cathedral in front. Extremely rare, attractive example with fine patina, 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 type, struck 1565 only, was also struck in double thaler (Dav-8172) and single thaler (Dav-8173) format. In the seventeenth century, 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 73.32 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-8171; Probszt 520; Zöttl 595 (Type 3).

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
  • 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 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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