Salzburg 1546 guldiner Dav-8168

Jean Elsen sale 154, lot 1652

This specimen was lot 1652 in Jean Elsen sale 154 (Brussels, March 2023), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SAINT EMPIRE, SALZBOURG, Archevêché, Ernest de Bavière (1540-1554), AR Guldiner, 1546. D/ Ecu écartelé de Palatinat-Bavière, sous la date. R/ Saint Rupert assis de f., ten. un saloir et une crosse. Très rare. Patine foncée. Très Beau. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Ernest of Bavaria, 1540-54, silver guldiner of 1546. Obverse: quartered arms of Bavaria and the Palatinate below the date; reverse: St. Rudbert facing, holding a saltcellar and a cross. Very rare, nice patina, Very Fine.)"

Davenport lists this type for 1540, 1546 and 1549-54. It is expensive compared to the common thalers of the seventeenth century but is more available than other issues of archbishop Ernst of Bavaria.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,57 g.

Catalog reference: Probszt 359; Zöttl 393; Dav-8168.

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.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 154, Trouvaille de Labuissière, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

Link to:

• 1538 double guldiner
• 1546 ducat
• 1549 double ducat
• 1553 guldiner
• 1558 ducat
• 1559 guldiner
• Coins and currency dated 1546