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Central field displays an ornate bipartite shield divided horizontally: the upper half bears a rampant lion to the left, while the lower half features three rosettes arranged in a row. The four-digit date is split by the shield on either side. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with a Latin legend running around the circumference. A bishop's mitre surmounts the shield, interrupting the legend at the top. |
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The head of St. John the Baptist, turned slightly to the left, is depicted in near-frontal presentation within a double inner circle, referencing the traditional iconography of the saint's severed head on a platter. Below the head, the arms of the city of Breslau appear on a small shield, bisecting the Latin legend that runs around the circumference, commencing at approximately the 11 o'clock position. |
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John V Thurzó held the Bishop's seat in Breslau from 1506 to 1520, but his tenure as issuing authority for coinage was short-lived — these groschen appear confined to the opening years of his episcopate. The Thurzó family were among the most powerful banking and mining magnates in Central Europe at the time, with extensive copper and silver operations in Hungary through their partnership with the Fuggers of Augsburg. Whether that family wealth influenced the bishop's brief minting activity is an open question, but the issues stopped well before his death.