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1/2 Thaler Madonna - Paris von Lodron
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1624-1627 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse description | Saint Rupert, patron saint of Salzburg, depicted standing in full figure, holding a salt box in his raised right hand and a crosier in his left hand, symbolising both his episcopal office and the salt-trade heritage of the city. The arms of Salzburg appear in the lower field. The surrounding legend names the saint in Latin and identifies him as Bishop of Salzburg, with the date of issue incorporated into the inscription. |
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| Reverse lettering | SANCT : RVDBER TVS · EPS · SALISB : 1625 |
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Paris von Lodron became Archbishop of Salzburg in 1619 and spent the following decades in a careful balancing act, keeping the Principality-Archbishopric largely insulated from the worst violence of the Thirty Years' War through a combination of neutrality and diplomatic maneuvering. These half thalers were struck during that policy's early years, when Salzburg's mint was operating with unusual stability while much of the Holy Roman Empire was in fiscal chaos. The Madonna type was a deliberate confessional statement — Counter-Reformation iconography pressed into silver at a moment when Catholic territorial identity carried real political weight.
Zöttl distinguishes four die varieties across the 1519–1522 sequence, with subtle differences in the arrangement of the archiepiscopal arms.