Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1760. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Salzburg. Leonhard von Keutschach. Prince-Archbishop, 1495-1519. AR Batzen (3.20 g, 2h). Dated 1500. + LЄOnΛRD’ ΛRChIЄPI · SΛLZ (annulet stop), conjoined coats-of-arms of Salzburg and Keutschach / · SΛnCT’ RVDBЄRTVS · ЄPVS · (annulet stops), half-length bust of St. Rupert facing slightly left, holding salt cellar and crozier. Probszt 99; Levinson IV-64. Good VF, a few light cleaning scratches.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

The last Prince-Archbishop to rule over Salzburg in the feudal style, Leonhard von Keutschach was the son of Otto von Keutschach and Gertrud von Möderndorf. Promoted to canon of the church in 1490, he was elected to the city’s highest office five years later. A reformer of finances, he promoted trade while paying off old debts and increasing the production of the gold, silver, and salt mines, ultimately transforming Salzburg into one of the richest lands in the Holy Roman Empire.