Salzburg 1629 4 thaler Dav-3501
This specimen was lot 2814 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €16,000 (about US$20,675 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Paris von Lodron, 1619-1653. Vierfache Reichstalerklippe 1629. Hüftbild der gekrönten Madonna mit Zepter in der Rechten und dem Kind auf dem linken Arm v. v. darunter Familienwappen, darüber Kardinalshut mit herabhängenden Quasten//St. Rudbertus mit Mitra, Salzgefäß und Krummstab steht v. v. darunter zweifeldiges Stiftswappen. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Paris von Lodron, 1619-53, klippe quadruple thaler of 1629. Obverse: half-length bust of the Madonna and Child, holding a scepter, family arms below with cardinal's hat and tassels; reverse: St. Rupert with miter, saltcellar and crozier standing over the state arms. Extremely rare, fine patina, small edge defect, 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 was struck in klippe format (shown here) in 1629 only. 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 113.89 g.
Catalog reference: KM 100, Dav-3501, Probszt 1176; Zöttl 1453 (Type 5).
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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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- 1628 half thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 double thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 triple thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 klippe triple thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 quadruple thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 klippe quadruple thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 klippe sextuple thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 4 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 5 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 6 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 8 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 10 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1628 20 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 1629 round double thaler
- 1629 klippe triple thaler
- 1629 quadruple ducat
- 1630 1/6 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1629