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1 Guldenthaler - George von Kuenburg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1586 |
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| Weight | 24.47 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a large quartered heraldic shield bearing the arms of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, surmounted by the enthroned figure of Saint Rupert in pontifical vestments, raising his right hand in benediction and holding a crozier in his left. The saint is flanked by the mint-master's initials S and R. The circular Latin legend reading GEORGIVS D G AR EPS SALZ AP SE L 1586 S R runs along the outer border, separated by a beaded inner circle, all within a rope-pattern rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS D G AR EPS SALZ AP SE L 1586 S R |
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George von Kuenburg served as Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1586 until his death later that same year — one of the shortest episcopates in the see's history. This guldenthaler was almost certainly struck in anticipation of a longer reign; the Salzburg mint routinely produced such pieces early in a new archbishop's tenure to assert temporal authority and circulate his likeness among the Alpine trade routes the city controlled.
Davenport 125 is not a rare attribution, but examples struck under Kuenburg specifically are scarce by virtue of that abbreviated incumbency.