Live auction - fwo_782440 - AUSTRIA - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SALZBURG - SIGISMUND III OF SCHRATTENBACH Thaler 1763 Salzbourg

AUSTRIA - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SALZBURG - SIGISMUND III OF SCHRATTENBACH Thaler 1763 Salzbourg XF

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Estimate :	200 €
Price :	110 €
Maximum bid :	135 €
End of the sale :	24 January 2023 19:38:02
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Thaler

Date: 1763

Mint name / Town : Salzbourg

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰

Diameter : 41 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 27,95 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. Usure régulière, quelques rayures dans le champs devant le buste à l’avers

Catalogue references :

KM/WC.18/403.1 p. 117 - Dav.1257 - Pr.2294

Obverse

Obverse legend : SIGISMUND. D G. A. &. PR. SAL..

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. A. S. LEG. NATUS. GERM. PRIMAS. 1763.

Reverse description : Deux écus brochant sur une crosse et une épée, sous un ange, le tout posé sur un manteau électoral.

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..