Martin of Schaumberg ruled the Bishopric of Eichstätt from 1560 until his death in 1590, presiding over a diocese caught between the pressures of the Counter-Reformation and a nobility with strong Lutheran sympathies. His administration leaned firmly toward Tridentine reform, and his coinage — struck with the full weight and authority of an imperial prince-bishop — reflected that projection of Catholic institutional confidence at a moment when it was genuinely contested in the region.
The Davenport 9140 attribution places this among the large-format silver issues of the ecclesiastical Reichsstände. At just over 49 grams, it substantially exceeds the standard Reichsthaler weight of the period.
Martin of Schaumberg ruled the Bishopric of Eichstätt from 1560 until his death in 1590, presiding over a diocese caught between the pressures of the Counter-Reformation and a nobility with strong Lutheran sympathies. His administration leaned firmly toward Tridentine reform, and his coinage — struck with the full weight and authority of an imperial prince-bishop — reflected that projection of Catholic institutional confidence at a moment when it was genuinely contested in the region.
The Davenport 9140 attribution places this among the large-format silver issues of the ecclesiastical Reichsstände. At just over 49 grams, it substantially exceeds the standard Reichsthaler weight of the period.