Live auction - fwo_553897 - GERMANY - MUNSTER - CHRISTOPH BERNHARD VON GALEN Thaler 1661 Munster

GERMANY - MUNSTER - CHRISTOPH BERNHARD VON GALEN Thaler 1661 Munster AU

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Estimate :	450 €
Price :	390 €
Maximum bid :	430 €
End of the sale :	10 March 2020 19:10:51
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Thaler

Date: 1661

Mint name / Town : Munster

Metal : silver

Diameter : 48 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 28,77 g.

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

KM/WC.17/75 - Dav.5603

Obverse

Obverse legend : ARMO. CELSMO. DD. CHRISTOPH. BERN. EPO. ET. PRINCIPE. MONAST. AO. MDCLXI.

Obverse description : S. PAVL / PATRON // MONAST. WESTPH / AD OBED REDVC/TVM dans le champ, vue de la ville de Munster, au-dessus buste de saint Paul nimbé tenant une épée, sortant des nuées.

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROTECTOR. MEVS. ET. IN. IPSO SPERAVI. SVBDIT. POPVLVM. MEVM. SVB. ME. PSAL 143.

Reverse description : Écu à multiples quartiers sommé de cinq heaumes, reposant sur une crosse et une épée.

Historical background

GERMANY - MUNSTER - CHRISTOPH BERNHARD VON GALEN

(1650-09/19/1678)

The Bishopric of Munster was founded around 800. From 1186, its bishop became Prince of the Empire. The first known emissions date back to 1025.