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1 Thaler Madonna - Andreas Jakob von Dietrichstein
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1752 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal figure of the Madonna standing on a crescent moon, crowned and surrounded by a radiant glory of sunbeams, holding the Christ Child on her left arm; the Infant raises his right hand in blessing. To the lower left, the elaborately mantled arms of Archbishop Andreas Jakob von Dietrichstein are displayed on a baroque cartouche, surmounted by a princely hat and flanked by a crozier and a cross-staff. The circular legend reads ANDREAS D G ARCH ET PRINCEPS SALISB S A L, distributed around the periphery in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse description | Saint Rupert, patron saint of Salzburg, depicted seated facing slightly left in full pontifical vestments including a mitre, holding a crozier in his right hand and a small barrel of salt in his left arm, symbolic of his association with the salt trade. To his right stands an ornate baroque cartouche bearing the Salzburg arms, a lion rampant on a field of horizontal bars. The date 1752 appears in the upper left field. The surrounding Latin legend reads S. RU. PERTUS EPISCOP. SALISBURGENS. 1752., distributed around the full circumference. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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