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4 Kreuzers / Batzen - Leonard of Keutschach Piedfort
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1500-1518 |
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| Reference(s) | Zöttl#74-76, Probszt#100-100 var, Levinson#IV-64 |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Reverse lettering | *sAnCtVs ⵓ rvdbErt * Epvs* (Translation: Bishop Saint Rupert) |
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Leonard of Keutschach ruled the Archbishopric of Salzburg from 1495 until his death in 1519, presiding over a period of significant monetary reform in the Alpine region. This piedfort — struck at roughly double the normal flan thickness — was almost certainly produced as a presentation or test piece rather than for circulation, a practice the Salzburg mint employed selectively for senior ecclesiastical and secular recipients.
The Batzen denomination itself was a relatively recent innovation at the time of striking, having emerged from Swiss confederate minting conventions in the 1490s.