v20_0794 - AUSTRIA - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SALZBURG - WOLF DIETRICH OF RAITENAU Thaler n.d. Salzbourg

AUSTRIA - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SALZBURG - WOLF DIETRICH OF RAITENAU Thaler n.d. Salzbourg XF

MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 160.00 €

Type : Thaler

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Salzbourg

Metal : silver

Diameter : 40,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 27,92 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

Ce thaler est frappé sur un flan légèrement bombé. L’usure est régulière et une légère patine grise recouvre cet exemplaire

Catalogue references :

Pr.826 (?) - Dav.8184

Obverse

Obverse legend : + - WOLF. THEOD: D: G: AR - EPS. SAL: AP: SE: LE: - +.

Obverse description : Écu à multiples quartiers sous une croix et un chapeau d’archevêque.

Obverse translation : (Wolf Dietrich, par la grâce de Dieu, archevêque de Salzbourg, légat du siège apostolique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : SANCTVS. RVDBERTVS. EPS. SALISBVRGEN:.

Reverse description : Saint-Robert, assis de face, mitré et nimbé, en habit épiscopal, tenant une crosse de sa main gauche et le monde de sa main droite.

Reverse translation : (Saint Rupert, évêque de Salzbourg).

Historical background

AUSTRIA - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SALZBURG - WOLF DIETRICH OF RAITENAU

(03/03/1587-07/03/1612)

Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau came from a noble family of Swiss origin; he was born in 1559. His father was an imperial colonel and his mother countess of Hohenems. It was his father who encouraged him to become a priest. He received the chapter of Salzburg at the age of 28, in 1587. He had ten children with the daughter of the mayor of Salzburg, which prevented him from becoming a cardinal. In 1611, he let himself be influenced and attempted a coup against Bavaria. Imprisoned, he died on January 16, 1617 after a captivity of five years.