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10 Klippe Kreuzers - Johann von Belasi Maximilian II, thin type
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1570 |
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| Reference(s) | Zöttl#712, Probszt#607 |
| Obverse description | Saint Rupert depicted as a standing figure, holding a salt box in his right hand and a crozier in his left hand. A quadripartite heraldic shield bearing the combined arms of Salzburg and the Archbishop is superimposed over the figure, dividing the letters S and R in the field. The design is contained within a beaded inner circle, with the Latin legend beginning at 12 o'clock, interrupted by a mitre, and concluding with the date 1570. |
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| Obverse lettering | IO IAC D G AR EPS SAL AP SE L 1570 S R |
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Johann Jakob von Kuen-Belasy served as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1560 until his death in 1586, presiding over a see whose mint was among the most prolific in the German-speaking lands. Klippe — square-format — pieces from Salzburg in this period were almost certainly struck as presentation pieces or Schaugepräge rather than for general circulation, a common practice at prosperous ecclesiastical mints flush with silver from nearby Alpine mining operations.
The "thin type" designation distinguishes this from a thicker, heavier striking of the same die pairing documented by Probszt. Both types are rare; the thin version is the scarcer of the two.