3 Kreuzers - Charles the Posthumous

The Bishopric of Brixen occupied an unusual position among Tyrolean ecclesiastical territories — its bishops held both spiritual and secular authority, granting them the right to strike coinage largely independent of Habsburg oversight, though in practice the denominations and types closely mirrored Tyrolean county issues. Charles of Austria, known as "the Posthumous" because his father Archduke Charles II died before his birth in 1590, served as Prince-Bishop of Brixen from 1613 until his death in 1624, one of several ecclesiastical appointments his family used to consolidate influence across the Alpine passes.

The eight-year striking window for this type likely reflects intermittent production rather than continuous mintage — small episcopal mints of this period frequently operated on demand.