Oostenrijk - Aartsbisdom Salzburg Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, 1/2 batzen 1527 XF

Archbishopric of Salzburg, 1/2 batzen, 1527, Salzburg mint, Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, silver.

Obverse: quartered shield with the arms of Salzburg in 1 and 4 and the archbishop's arms in 2 and 3, below the date, within a plain inner circle. Legend: MATHEVS CARD AREPS SALZ 15Z7 (translated: Matthäus, Cardinal and Archbishop of Salzburg, 1527). The 2 in the date is written as a Z.

Reverse: bust of Saint Rupert three quarters left, holding the crozier, within a plain inner circle. His mitre divides the legend at the top. Legend: S RVDBERTVS EPVS (translated: Saint Rupert, bishop).

References: Zöttl# 275 to 283, Probszt# 266 to 272.

Matthäus Lang was born in Augsburg in 1468 as the son of a goldsmith, and from 1494 he was secretary to Emperor Maximilian I. In 1519 he became Archbishop of Salzburg, and only then was he ordained a priest, although he had openly been a cardinal since 1512. In 1525 the Peasants' War broke out in his land, two years before this coin was struck.

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