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2 Escalins - Jean-Théodore of Bavaria
| Issuer | Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
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| Year | 1753-1754 |
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| Currency | Florin Brabant-Liege (1650-1795) |
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| Reverse description | A rampant lion, facing left, raises a drawn sword in its right forepaw while supporting with its left paw the crowned oval coat of arms of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. The lion is rendered in a vigorous Baroque style, with flowing mane and curled tail. The abbreviated Latin legend surrounding the design records the titles of the issuer as Bishop and Prince of Liège. |
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| Reverse lettering | EP·ET·PR·LEOD · DUX · B·M·F·C·L·H· |
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Jean-Théodore de Bavière held the see of Liège while simultaneously serving as Bishop of Freising, Bishop of Regensburg, and later Bishop of Münster — an accumulation of ecclesiastical offices that made him one of the most politically connected prince-bishops of the Holy Roman Empire, with Wittelsbach family ambitions doing most of the work. His coinages at Liège were struck against the backdrop of persistent tension between the prince-bishopric's estates and the episcopal authority, conflicts that would eventually culminate in the revolutionary upheaval of 1789.
The escalin denomination itself was rooted in the Spanish Netherlands monetary tradition, an inheritance that outlasted Habsburg rule by generations.