Taler from the Archbishopric of Salzburg of Paris von Lodron, 1637. Screw taler.
Also known as: Taler uit het aartsbisdom Salzburg van Paris von Lodron,1637. Schroefthaler.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1637
Silver coin, of which the flan is hollowed out and threaded, a so-called screw taler. In the interior, 10 coloured mica discs. Obverse: seated Madonna, an orb in her left hand and a sceptre in her right.
Below, a decorated coat of arms, surmounted by a cross with the archbishop's hat. Double legend. Reverse: standing bishop with mitre and crosier with a decorated coat of arms at his feet. Year at the end of the legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1371A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x weight 13.44 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 13.44 g
Design
- Obverse
- seated Madonna, an orb in her left hand and a sceptre in her right. Below, a decorated coat of arms, surmounted by a cross with the archbishop's hat. Double legend.
- Reverse
- standing bishop with mitre and crosier with a decorated coat of arms at his feet. Year at the end of the legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Taler uit het aartsbisdom Salzburg van Paris von Lodron,1637. Schroefthaler.
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-1371A
- Museum classification
- coin
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