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1 Thaler - Theodore of Bettendorf
| Issuer | Bishopric of Worms |
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| Year | 1573-1574 |
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| Diameter | 42 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central quadripartite arms of the Bishopric of Worms, divided into four quarters displaying the heraldic devices of the see, surmounted by an elaborate crested episcopal helmet with mantling extending to either side. The shield is flanked by ornamental supporters and the entire composition is enclosed within a rope or beaded border. The surrounding legend reads THEODORICVS DG EPIS WORMATIE, identifying the issuing bishop by name and title in Latin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Theodore of Bettendorf held the see of Worms only briefly — his episcopate ran from 1573 to 1574, barely fourteen months before his death. The Bishopric of Worms was among the smaller ecclesiastical territories of the Holy Roman Empire, chronically squeezed between the secular ambitions of the Palatinate and the city of Worms itself, which had turned Lutheran decades earlier. A bishop issuing thaler coinage from this position was as much an assertion of jurisdictional survival as anything else.
Davenport's German Talers reference places this type at 9947. Given the brevity of the reign, total output was almost certainly very limited.