GERMANY-BAMBERG Medal 1753 Election of Franz Conrad von Stadion und Thannhausen. NGC MS 64 BN

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Certification details

Certification number: 5784876-013

Grade: MS 64 BN

Nominal value: BRONZE

Mint Mark: GERMANY

Variety: BISHOP FRANCIS CONRAD ; WERNER - (44mm)

Year: 1753-DATED

1753, Bamberg, Franz Conrad von Stadion und Thannhausen. Bronze Medal. NGC MS64!


Mint Year: 1753
Mint Place: Nurnberg
Reference: Heller 373.
Medallist: Peter Paul Werner (P.P.W.)
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as MS-64 BN!
Denomination: Medal - Election of Franz Konrad von Stadion und Thannhausen as Bishop of Bamberg.
Weight: ca. 25gm
Material: Bronze
Diameter: 45mm


Obverse: Draped bust of Franz Konrad von Stadion und Thannhausen right, wearing a jewlled cross on chest. Medallist´s signature (P.P.W.) inside arm truncation.
Legend: FRANCIS. CONRAD. D.G. EPISC. BAMB. S.R.I. PRINC.

Reverse: Angel holding coat-of-arms of the Bishop in front of cathedral. Above in clouds Saturn (holding open book of gospels), Abundantia (holding a banner and cornucopa from which riches are being poured) and two putti with cross-topped staff and tiara.
Legend: HAEC EST ELECTIO DOMINI

The Bishopric of Bamberg was established in 1007, to further expand the spread of Christianity in Germany. The ecclesiastical state was a member of the Holy Roman Empire from about 1245 until it was subsumed to the Electorate of Bavaria in 1802.



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Franz Konrad von Stadion und Thannhausen (1679–1757) was the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1753 to 1757. Franz Konrad von Stadion und Thannhausen was born in Arnstein on 29 August 1679. He became a canon of Bamberg Cathedral in 1695. He was sent to Rome and Angers to study. In 1709, the Archbishop of Mainz named him ambassador to the court of Saxony. He became a member of the cathedral chapter of Würzburg Cathedral in 1719. He was ordained as a priest on 2 February 1724. He became provost of Würzburg Cathedral in 1729. On 23 July 1753 he was appointed Prince-Bishop of Bamberg, with Pope Benedict XIV confirming the appointment on 26 September 1753. He was consecrated as a bishop by Heinrich Joseph von Nitschke, auxiliary bishop of Bamberg on 4 November 1753. He died on 6 March 1757 and is buried in Bamberg Cathedral.

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