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Goldgulden - Pilgrim II
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1365-1396 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Reverse description | The coat of arms of Salzburg Abbey displayed on a shield set within a six-lobed cusped frame, with small dots or pellets placed in each angle formed between the lobes of the arc. The heraldic device is encircled by the archiepiscopal legend, which runs between two concentric beaded circles, a format typical of ecclesiastical issues of the period. The lettering is executed in Gothic-style Latin script and names the issuing archbishop Pilgrim. The composition is well-centred and reflects the refined heraldic engraving conventions of late 14th-century Austrian ecclesiastical mints. |
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| Reverse lettering | +PILGRImVS.ARCHIEPISCOPVS. (Translation: Archbishop Pilgrim) |
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Pilgrim II von Puchheim held the archbishopric from 1365 to 1396, a tenure long enough to establish Salzburg as a serious participant in the Rhenish goldgulden currency system that had been consolidating across the German lands since the 1354 Mülhausen union. The archbishops of Salzburg derived much of their monetary authority from the salt trade revenues flowing through the region — hard commodity wealth that justified and sustained gold coinage at this weight standard.
CNA A51 places this issue within the earliest phase of Salzburg gold gulden production. The type follows the Florentine weight convention adopted broadly by the Rhenish electoral mints.