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1/8 Klippe Thaler - Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau 1/8
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1607-1612 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Saint Rupert (Sanctus Rudbertus), first Bishop of Salzburg, is depicted in full episcopal vestments seated on a throne in three-quarter view facing left, his right hand holding a salt cellar — the traditional attribute referencing his role in the salt trade — and his left hand bearing a crozier. The figure is rendered in the formal hieratic style characteristic of early seventeenth-century Austrian ecclesiastical coinage. The Latin legend encircling the design reads SANCTVS RVDBERTVS EPS SALZ, with the date of issue appearing at the conclusion of the legend. |
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Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau ruled Salzburg from 1587 until his forced abdication in 1612, when his cousin Markus Sittikus had him arrested and imprisoned in the Hohensalzburg fortress — where he died five years later, never released. The klippe format, with its square or polygonal flan, was not merely decorative; it served as a deliberate assertion of princely prestige by ecclesiastical mints competing for the attention of wealthy patrons and the imperial court. Salzburg's silver supply from the nearby Gastein and Rauris valleys gave its archbishops unusual monetary independence for a church territory.