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1 Gold Gulden / Ducat - Ernst von Bayern
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1540 |
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| Composition | Gold (.986) |
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| Obverse description | Trefoil arrangement featuring three heraldic shields representing the arms of Salzburg positioned in the upper portion, with the enthroned figure of the Archbishop below at center. The surrounding legend reads the full titulature of Ernst von Bayern, confirmed as Archbishop of Salzburg and Duke of both Bavarias. The composition is executed in the late Gothic hammered style typical of early sixteenth-century ecclesiastical coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Saint Rupert, patron and first bishop of Salzburg, depicted enthroned in full pontifical vestments including mitre, holding a pastoral staff in his left hand, flanked by architectural elements suggestive of columns or pillars on either side. The saint is shown facing frontally in a hieratic, stylized manner characteristic of hammered gold coinage of the period. The encircling Latin legend identifies the figure as Saint Rupert, Bishop, separated by mullets or stops. |
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Ernst von Bayern held the archbishopric of Salzburg from 1540 until his death in 1554, appointed largely through the political influence of the Wittelsbach dynasty rather than any particular ecclesiastical distinction. He was, by most contemporary accounts, more administrator than churchman — governing the see during the turbulent early decades of the Reformation when Lutheran ideas were actively penetrating the Alpine territories under Salzburg's jurisdiction.
The 1540 date places this issue in his first year as archbishop, making early-reign ducats from this pontificate comparatively scarce against the fuller production runs of later years.