Catalog
1 Ducat - Kaspar von Logau
| Issuer | Bishopric of Breslau (Silesia) |
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| Year | 1572 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | CASP LOGVS EPI VRA IM FER DECR 1572 |
| Reverse description | A full-length standing figure of St. John the Baptist is depicted facing slightly left within an inner circle, draped in robes and holding a lamb or book, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing. The saint's nimbus is visible above his head. A Latin legend reading MVNVS CESAR MAXIMILIANI encircles the entire design, commencing at the top of the coin, referencing the imperial grant of coinage rights by Emperor Maximilian. |
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Kaspar von Logau served as Bishop of Breslau from 1562 until his death in 1574, governing during one of the most fractious periods of the Reformation's spread through Silesia — a region where Lutheran influence had penetrated deeply into the population and nobility alike, leaving Catholic ecclesiastical authority increasingly embattled. That a bishop under such pressure still commanded the right to strike gold is itself significant; the Bishopric retained its imperial minting privilege even as its spiritual jurisdiction eroded around it.
Freise and Salge catalogue this type as FuS#2551, with Friedberg 477 confirming the gold ducat standard. Surviving examples are scarce by any measure.