Salzburg, Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi, 1560-1586.

12 Ducats 1565, Salzburg. Coat of arms surmounted by the archiepiscopal hat / Saint Rupert and saint Virgil facing each other and holding long crosiers. 41,61g. Fr. 621; Probszt 448; Zöttl 509.

NGC AU55 (Top pop). (2117153-014) Nice extremely fine.

Provenance:
Leo Hamburger Auction (Salzburger Raritäten 1921), 59.
Dolenz Collection.
Schweizerischer Bankverein Auction 40 (1996), 46.
Künker Auction 202 (2 February 2012), 1024.

Archbishop Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi is well known for his great building program. It is less known that he was also greatly interested in coinage. The gold multiples presented to high dignitaries were a good medium to represent him as a generous art supporter. In 1565, the building of a new mint located at the “Alte Kirchgasse bei der Pfarr” began. The new building contained also an apartment for the mint master.