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1/2 Guldiner/ 1/2 Thaler - Michael von Kuenburg
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1555-1559 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Two pointed-top heraldic shields displayed side by side, bearing the arms of Salzburg and those of Archbishop Michael von Kuenburg respectively, the date inscribed below the shields. Above the shields, a mitre flanked by a processional cross and a crozier are depicted, serving as ecclesiastical insignia. The composition is rendered in a late Gothic heraldic style characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Salzburg coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire design within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Saint Rupert, patron of Salzburg, depicted full-length and facing, attired in episcopal vestments including a mitre upon his head and a flowing cope. In his left hand he holds a salt box, the emblem of his association with the salt trade of Salzburg, while his right hand bears a crozier. The figure is rendered in a frontal, hieratic manner consistent with the devotional iconographic tradition of the period. A continuous Latin legend encircles the design within a beaded inner border, identifying the saint and his see. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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