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1/4 Thaler - John Gottfried of Aschhausen Posthumus
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1623 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread and detailed feathering rendered in the hammered style typical of the period, bearing the orb on its breast. The surrounding legend in Latin records the imperial titles of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. The eagle's two heads are each crowned individually beneath a single imperial crown at the apex. |
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John Gottfried von Aschhausen died in June 1622 while returning from a diplomatic mission to the Imperial court, leaving Würzburg mid-vacancy during one of the most volatile stretches of the Thirty Years' War. This posthumous issue, struck the following year, was a relatively common practice for prince-bishops whose estates needed to settle accounts and whose successors found political value in honoring the predecessor's memory in metal.
Aschhausen had been an aggressive Counter-Reformation administrator, expelling Lutherans from the diocese and coordinating closely with the Jesuits — a posture that shaped Würzburg's role in the broader Imperial Catholic alliance well into the 1620s.