fwo_1077106 - AUSTRIA - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SALZBURG - SIGISMUND III OF SCHRATTENBACH Thaler 1762 Salzbourg
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Type : Thaler
Date: 1762
Mint name / Town : Salzbourg
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 41 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,02 g.
Edge : feuilletée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler est frappé sur un flan assez large laissant apparaître une bonne partie des grènetis extérieurs. Légers frottements dans les champs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SIGISMUNDUS. D G. A. &. PR. SA. S. A. L. NA. GER. PRIMAS..
Obverse description : Buste de Sigismond à droite en habit d'archevêque avec une grande croix pectorale.
Obverse translation : (Sigismond par la grâce de Dieu, archevêque et prince de Salzbourg).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S. RUPERTUS. EPISCOP: SALISPURGENS. 1762.
Reverse description : Saint Rupert assis .
Historical background
AUSTRIA - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SALZBURG - SIGISMUND III OF SCHRATTENBACH
(05/03/1753-016/12/1771)
Born in 1698 in Graz, son of Otto Heinrich, Count of Schrattenbach, and Marie Thérèse, Countess of Wildenstein, eldest of a family of twelve children, he studied theology in Rome and became a priest on January 10, 1723, then Archbishop on April 5, 1753. He was a patron of the Arts and a benefactor of Mozart's family. He died on December 16, 1771 and his successor Jérôme Colloredo (1772-1812) was also a patron of Mozart..
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