Owner Comments:
Very scarce 1688 Sede Vacante reichstaler from Hildesheim. Obv: Leopold I Rev: arms of the Bishopric. Struck upon death of Maximilian Heinrich of Bavaria. 29.19g. Clausthal mint, KM56, DAV-5407, Knyphausen-4552, Wilmersdörffer-10242, Cappe-250, Zepernick 142. Mintage: 800.
Produced during a time period of unrest in Hildesheim, following the death of Max Heinrich von Brabeck and the election of Jobst Edmund von Brabeck as Prince-Archbishop on July 19, 1688, who was forced to flee the city during preparations for his consecration.
Pedigree to Wolff Metternich Collection
ex, Morton & Eden, July 2022, auction 116, lot 182