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Daler of 30 Patards - Ferdinand of Bavaria
| Issuer | Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
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| Year | 1614 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Central quartered shield of arms surmounted by a bishop's mitre and flanked by elaborate scrolled cartouche work, displaying the arms of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. The mintmaster's initial 'B' appears to the right of the shield within the field. The denomination XXX and the date 1614 are placed beneath the shield in the lower field. The circumferential Latin legend runs between inner and outer beaded borders, completing the issuer's full titulature. |
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| Reverse lettering | EPIS · ET· PRINC · LEOD · SVPRE · DVX · BVLIONENSIS F B XXX 1614 (Translation: Bishop and Prince of Liege, High Duke of Bouillon 30 1614) |
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Ferdinand of Bavaria was appointed Prince-Bishop of Liège in 1612 through the direct intervention of his uncle, Duke Maximilian I, who was systematically consolidating Wittelsbach influence across the ecclesiastical territories of the Holy Roman Empire. The 30-patard daler denomination was a deliberate attempt to align Liège's coinage with the large silver thalers circulating across neighboring territories, reflecting the commercial pressure on a small prince-bishopric wedged between the Spanish Netherlands and the German states.
The Dengis 1033A reference distinguishes this as a specific die marriage within what is a scarce type — Ferdinand's early Liège issues see far less representation in major collections than his later, better-documented struck pieces.