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1 Ducat - Leonard of Keutschach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1500 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of Saint Rupert, patron saint of Salzburg, vested in episcopal robes and mitre, his right hand raised in benediction and his left hand holding a saltcellar — his traditional attribute. Below the figure, a shield bearing the Salzburg arms is visible. The legend in Gothic uncial script encircling the design reads SANCT9 RVDBERT9 EPS, identifying the saint as Bishop Rupert. The composition follows the established Salzburg ducat tradition of depicting the city's patron in hieratic, frontal pose. |
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Leonard of Keutschach was one of the most politically aggressive archbishops Salzburg ever produced — he expelled the ministerial nobility from the province in 1511 and ruled the territory with an authority that blurred ecclesiastical and secular power almost completely. His ducats, struck from the rich gold of the Tauern mining operations under archiepiscopal control, reflect that wealth directly. Salzburg's mining revenues at the turn of the sixteenth century were substantial enough to make the archbishopric a significant independent economic force within the Holy Roman Empire.