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4 Kreuzer/Batzen - Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1519-1520 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a quartered heraldic shield bearing the arms of the Archbishopric of Salzburg and the personal arms of Archbishop Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, surmounted by the date arranged above the shield. The mint mark M appears below the shield. The entire device is enclosed within an inner beaded circle, with the Latin legend surrounding it reading MATHEVS CARD ARCHIEPVS SALCZ, identifying the issuer as Cardinal Archbishop of Salzburg. The coin is struck by hammer in the Gothic late-medieval style characteristic of early sixteenth-century Austrian ecclesiastical coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg was not a popular man. His election as Archbishop of Salzburg in 1519 was contested, and the city's miners and craftsmen revolted against him the same year in what became part of the broader pre-Reformation unrest coursing through the Alpine territories. This coin was struck at the very height of that crisis, when Lang was briefly driven from Salzburg entirely and forced to govern from exile.
The two Zöttl numbers reflect documented die variations between the 1519 and 1520 issues.