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1/2 Klippe Thaler - Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1587-1612 |
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| Weight | 14.28 g |
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| Obverse lettering | WOLF:TEOD:D:G:AREPS:SAL·AP.SE:LE· · |
| Reverse description | Saint Rupert, patron of Salzburg, depicted in full episcopal regalia seated on a throne and turned three-quarters to the left. He holds a salt cellar in his right hand and a crozier in his left, referencing both his saintly attributes and his role as founder of Salzburg. The figure is rendered in a formal, hieratic style characteristic of late Renaissance ecclesiastical coinage, with the Latin legend circumscribing the design within the square klippe field. |
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Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Archbishop of Salzburg from 1587, was among the most autocratic and culturally ambitious prelates of the Counter-Reformation. His reign ended in 1612 not through death but through forced abdication — he was arrested by Bavarian troops acting on behalf of his cousin Markus Sittikus, imprisoned in Hohensalzburg fortress, and died there five years later. The klippe format of this issue is deliberate: square-struck pieces from Salzburg of this period were produced as presentation pieces and donatives rather than for commerce.