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1/4 Klippe Thaler - Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1561-1567 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | IOAN IAC D G ARCHIEPS SALZ APo SE LE 15 61 |
| Reverse description | Saint Rupert, patron of Salzburg, depicted seated facing three-quarters left, vested in episcopal robes and holding his traditional attributes: a salt container in one hand and a crozier in the other, all within a beaded circle. The saint's head divides the Latin legend at the top of the field. The composition is rendered in the restrained, formal style characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century South German ecclesiastical coinage. |
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Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi served as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1560 to 1586, presiding over a see that was simultaneously one of the wealthiest ecclesiastical territories in the Holy Roman Empire and a front line in the confessional struggles following the Council of Trent. The klippe format — a square-cut flan struck from bar stock rather than a round planchet — was favored for presentation pieces and special issues, not everyday commerce. Salzburg's mint was producing square coinage of this type in small quantities across several years, which accounts for the range of Zöttl and Probszt references covering distinct die marriages within the type.