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8 Heller - Ernest of Bayern
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1583-1612 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central quartered shield bearing the arms of the Archbishopric of Cologne: a cross in the upper left and lower right quarters, and a lion rampant in the upper right quarter, with the Wittelsbach lozengy arms of Bavaria in the lower left quarter, all within a beaded inner circle. The circular legend reads ELEC ECCL COLON 74, indicating the electoral ecclesiastical see of Cologne and the denomination fraction 74, running around the outer field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ernest of Bavaria served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1583 until his death in 1612, holding the see through one of its most turbulent stretches — the aftermath of the Cologne War, which had erupted when his predecessor Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg converted to Protestantism and attempted to secularize the archbishopric. Ernest's installation, backed by Bavarian Wittelsbach muscle and Spanish Habsburg money, effectively locked Cologne into the Catholic camp for the remainder of the confessional wars.
The fractional silver issues of this reign are notoriously difficult to attribute precisely within the 1583–1612 window, as die production was continuous and undated.