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10 Ducats - Max Gandolf von Kuenburg
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1682 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A standing figure of St. Martin the Bishop occupies the central field, flanked by four additional saintly figures in a procession-like arrangement; a goose is depicted at lower left, referencing the iconographic tradition of St. Martin. Above, a radiant sun partially obscured by clouds illuminates the scene from the upper register. The peripheral Latin legend names the saints depicted, recording their feast of translation: SS. Martin, Vincent the Martyr, Hermes the Martyr, Chrysanthus and Daria the Martyrs. |
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| Reverse lettering | SS MARTIN9 EP : VINCEN-TI9 M : HERMES M : CHRY-SANTH9 ET DARIA M M : TRANS-LATI |
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Max Gandolf von Kuenburg ruled the Archbishopric of Salzburg from 1668 until his death in 1687, presiding over a period of aggressive Catholic consolidation. In 1684 — just two years after this piece was struck — he ordered the expulsion of over a thousand Protestant miners and farmers from the Defereggental, one of the more brutal confessional purges in the region's history. The multi-ducat series issued under his tenure were almost certainly presentation pieces, struck for diplomatic gift-giving rather than any commercial function.
Salzburg's mint had access to substantial Tyrolean gold supplies, which accounts for the high fineness maintained across these large-format strikes.