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Batzen - Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1598 |
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| Reference(s) | HMZ 2#117a, Divo/Tob17#1289 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Blarer von Wartensee became Prince-Bishop of Basel in 1575 and spent his episcopate aggressively implementing Counter-Reformation policy, expelling Protestant clergy and reasserting Catholic authority across what remained of his severely reduced territorial jurisdiction — much of the city of Basel itself had turned Reformed decades earlier. His coinage served the ecclesiastical administration centered at Porrentruy, where the bishop's court had effectively relocated.
The HMZ 2#117a attribution places this among a small, well-documented group of Batzen issues from his long reign, which stretched until 1608.