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1 Batzen - Eberhard IV of Eppstein-Königstein
| Issuer | Augsburg, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1516-1519 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Eberhard IV of Eppstein-Königstein held the Augsburg bishopric from 1508 until his death in 1535, a tenure marked by the opening salvos of the Reformation — Luther's 95 Theses appeared in 1517, squarely within this coin's striking window. The Batzen denomination itself was a relatively recent innovation at this point, having emerged from Swiss and south German mints in the 1490s as a practical response to chronic shortages of mid-value silver coinage.
The Forst/Schm 339 reference places this among a small documented group for the type.