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1 Thaler - Jobst Edmund of Brabeck
| Issuer | Bishopric of Hildesheim |
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| Year | 1690 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Bishop Jobst Edmund of Brabeck facing left, wearing a voluminous curled wig and ecclesiastical robes with a pectoral cross visible at the chest. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine baroque detail. A circular Latin legend runs along the inner edge of the milled border, identifying the sitter as bishop of Hildesheim and prince of the Holy Roman Empire. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Jobst Edmund von Brabeck became Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim in 1688, inheriting a diocese still recovering from the disruptions of the Thirty Years' War and subsequent territorial disputes with the surrounding Protestant principalities. His episcopate coincided with the broader Catholic consolidation in Lower Saxony, and coinage of this period served explicit political functions — asserting jurisdictional authority in a region where that authority was routinely contested.
The Dav. 5408 attribution places this squarely within the large thaler series documented by Davenport for the ecclesiastical states, a reference point that helps distinguish Hildesheim episcopal issues from the considerable output of neighboring secular mints working the same weight standard.