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1 Thaler - Charles the Posthumous Lead Trial Strike
| Issuer | Bishopric of Brixen (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1618 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Prince-Bishop Charles of Austria (Charles the Posthumous) facing right, clad in an embroidered mozzetta with broad flat collar, rendered in high relief. The effigy is set within a beaded or linear border, with the legend distributed around the periphery of the field. The portrait reflects the refined court engraving style of early seventeenth-century Tyrolean die-cutting. The Latin legend identifying Charles by his secular titles as Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, and Count of Tyrol encircles the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | · CAROL : D : G : ARCH : AVST : DVX : BVR : COM : TIR & (Translation: Charles, by the grace of God, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Tyrol.) |
| Reverse description | Central crowned composite coat of arms of Prince-Bishop Charles the Posthumous, flanked on either side by the mitred episcopal arms of Brixen and Wrocław, each accompanied by a crosier rising behind the shield. The heraldic composition is rendered in the elaborate baroque armorial style typical of early seventeenth-century ecclesiastical coinage, with the crowns and mitres finely detailed. The date 1618 is incorporated into the circumferential legend, split as 16 · 18 flanking a crossed-swords mint or privy mark. The reverse legend proclaims Charles's dual episcopal dignity as Bishop of Brixen and Wrocław. |
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