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German States, Augsburg (Bishopric). Bishop Otto Truchsess von Waldburg wooden Gaming Counter (Brettstein). Celebrating Otto as Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in 1544, after Ludwig Neufahrer. • EPS •AVGVST *M • XLIII • OTTO • TRVSCHSES • DEI • GRATIA *, bust to right wearing biretta, ETAS - XXX across field / Bishop's mitre over the bishopric and family coat-of-arms, with */SIC and pelican tending chicks between, HIS Q VIDILIGVNT on ribbon below. Habich 1.2, 1387, cf. Abb. 162, 164; 9.20g, 42mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Vitangelo Collection, collector's ticket included.
Otto was born in 1514 at Scheer Castle to the distinguished Swabian noble House Waldburg, which, for their support in the German Peasants' War was vested with the title of a hereditary imperial Seneschal (Truchsess) by the Emperor Charles V in 1526. Otto was elected Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in 1543 and cardinal the following year at only 30 years of age. Although no coins are known to have been issued at Augsburg in his name, there are high quality medals in silver and bronze after the famous die-engraver and medallist Ludwig Neufahrer, as well three types of wooden gaming counters: see G. Habich, Die deutschen Schaumünzen des XVI. Jahrhunderts, München 1929-1935, 1.2, p. 193; Forrer IV, pp. 247-50; G. Himmelheber, Spiele 1972, 166.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Vitangelo Collection, collector's ticket included.
Otto was born in 1514 at Scheer Castle to the distinguished Swabian noble House Waldburg, which, for their support in the German Peasants' War was vested with the title of a hereditary imperial Seneschal (Truchsess) by the Emperor Charles V in 1526. Otto was elected Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in 1543 and cardinal the following year at only 30 years of age. Although no coins are known to have been issued at Augsburg in his name, there are high quality medals in silver and bronze after the famous die-engraver and medallist Ludwig Neufahrer, as well three types of wooden gaming counters: see G. Habich, Die deutschen Schaumünzen des XVI. Jahrhunderts, München 1929-1935, 1.2, p. 193; Forrer IV, pp. 247-50; G. Himmelheber, Spiele 1972, 166.