AUSTRIA, Salzburg (Prince-Archbishophric). Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg. 1519-1540. AR Guldiner – Taler (38mm, 29.97 g, 3h). Dies by Ulrich Ursentaler. Dated 1522 (in Roman numerals). MATHEVS · CARD AREPS · SALZE' AC · EPS · GVRGEN, bust left, wearing biretta and mozetta; M · D · X · X · I · I ·; three coats-of-arms in margins / + SS · RVDBERTVS · ET · VIRGILIVS · EPI · SALZBVRGEN, Sts. Rupert, holding salt cellar, and Virgil seated facing one another, each holding crozier; model of church to lower right. Moser & Tursky 96; Probszt 203; Davenport 8160. Small edge bump. Rich old cabinet toning with hints of iridescence.. Near EF. Rare.
From the J. de Wilde Collection. Ex Christophe Joron-Derem (25 March 2014), lot 133.
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