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1 Ducat - Wolfgang von Schrattenbach
| Issuer | Bishopric of Olomouc (Kingdom of Bohemia) |
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| Year | 1733 |
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| Composition | Gold (.986) |
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| Reverse description | Three baroque heraldic shields arranged to display the arms of Olomouc, Moravia, and the composite arms of the see, set within an elaborate cartouche composition. Above the shields, ecclesiastical and secular insignia are displayed: a crozier, mitre, patriarchal cross, crown, and sword, all surmounted by the Cardinal's galero with pendant tassels at either side. The circumferential Latin legend begins at 2 o'clock, with the date 1733 divided and incorporated at the conclusion of the inscription. |
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| Reverse lettering | DVX S R I PS REG CAP B COM PROT G 1733 |
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Wolfgang von Schrattenbach served as Prince-Bishop of Olomouc from 1711 until his death in 1738, presiding over one of the wealthiest ecclesiastical territories in Moravia during the reign of Charles VI. The Bishopric held the rank of an imperial prince-bishopric, giving Schrattenbach the right to strike coinage in his own name — a privilege fiercely maintained even as Habsburg centralization steadily eroded such rights across Bohemia and Moravia through the early eighteenth century.
Fr#98 is among the scarcer ducats of his episcopate. The Olomouc mint's gold output in this period was modest and largely ceremonial in character.