Live auction - fme_806929 - AUSTRIA - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SALZBURG - LEOPOLD ANTON ELEUTHERIUS, BARON OF FIRMIAN Médaille, Émigration des salzbourgeois

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Estimate :	600 €
Price :	300 €
Maximum bid :	375 €
End of the sale :	07 March 2023 17:48:04
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Médaille, Émigration des salzbourgeois

Date: 1732

Metal : silver

Diameter : 37 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 17,61 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Coments on the condition:

Patine grise hétérogène, de légers frottements dans les champs suite à un ancien nettoyage. Petite usure sur les reliefs

Obverse

Obverse legend : GEHE AUS DEINEM VATTERLAND 16 M. XII. V. I. // À L’EXERGUE : LASSTHIER DIE / GVTER.

Obverse description : Départ des émigrants de Salzbourg, un ange leur montre le chemin.

Reverse

Reverse legend : VND DV SOLLT EIN SEEGEN SEYN. 16 MAI XII. V // À L’EXERGUE : GOTT GIET SIE / WIEDER..

Reverse description : Émigrants devant l’église avec le pasteur.

Historical background

AUSTRIA - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SALZBURG - LEOPOLD ANTON ELEUTHERIUS, BARON OF FIRMIAN

(4/12/1727-22/10/1744)

Léopold Antoine Eleutherius succeeded Franz Antoine who died on July 18, 1727. Before being elected archbishop, he was bishop of Lavant and Seckau. During his episcopate, he participated in the beautification of Salzburg and he completed the construction of the castle of Leopoldskron built for his family. He died on October 22, 1744. Jacques Ernest de Lichtenstein succeeded him on January 13, 1745.