1 Schilling - Lorenz of Bibra

Lorenz von Bibra's episcopate at Würzburg began in 1495 following a contested election, and his early coinage reflects an immediate assertion of the bishopric's mint rights at a moment when Franconian ecclesiastical territories were under sustained pressure from secular princes consolidating regional power. This schilling falls within the first three years of his forty-year rule — the longest episcopate Würzburg would see in the entire sixteenth century.