Salzburg 1642 thaler Dav-3504
This specimen was lot 1794 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €240 (about US$333 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SAINT EMPIRE, SALZBOURG, Archevêché, Paris von Lodron (1619-1653), AR Taler, 1642. D/ La Madone à l'enfant au-dessus des armes de l'archevêque. R/ Saint Rupert deb. de f., au-dessus de l'écu de la ville. Brisure de coin au droit. Ancien nettoyage. (Holy Roman Empire, archbishopric of Salzburg, Paris of Lodron, 1619-53, silver thaler of 1642. Obverse: Madonna and Child over the archepiscopal arms; reverse: St. Rupert facing, city arms below. Obverse die break, old cleaning, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. 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. This type was struck 1623-53 and is one of the commonest thalers of the seventeenth century. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to Austria in 1814.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.7 g, silver, 40 mm diameter, plain edge, this specimen 28,49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 87, Probszt 1221; Zöttl 1493; Dav-3504.
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- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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