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1 Ducat - Sigismund von Schrattenbach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1765 |
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| Weight | 3.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach facing right, wearing ecclesiastical vestments with a pectoral cross visible at the shoulder. The effigy is rendered in fine baroque style with flowing curled hair. The circumferential legend reads SIGM · D:G · A · & · P · S · A · S · L · N · G · PRIM in Roman capitals, interrupted by the portrait. The coin's milled edge border frames the composition. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Sigismund von Schrattenbach ruled Salzburg from 1753 until his death in 1771, a tenure defined largely by his relationship with the Mozart family — he was Leopold's employer and the young Wolfgang's first significant patron, financing several of the boy's early European tours. That patronage would sour under his successor, but in 1765 the arrangement was still intact, and ducats like this one were being struck at a court actively subsidizing what would become the most celebrated musical career of the century.