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10 Kreuzers - Clemens Wenzel of Sachsen
| Issuer | Trier, Archbishopric of |
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| Year | 1773-1775 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Clemens Wenceslaus facing right, set within an open laurel wreath tied at the base. The portrait depicts the archbishop-elector in ecclesiastical dress with a clerical collar. A circular legend surrounds the wreath, divided on either side of the bust, reading CLEM·WENC·D·G·A·EP· on the left and TREV·S·R·I·A·C·+·EL· on the right. The coin features a beaded inner border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony — the last Elector-Archbishop of Trier — was appointed to the see in 1768 at just 28, less through spiritual distinction than dynastic convenience: he was a son of Augustus III of Poland and the papacy needed a reliable prince in the Rhineland. His tenure produced a modest coinage program, of which this 10 Kreuzer belongs to the early phase, struck before the disruptions of the Revolutionary Wars eventually forced him from his electorate entirely in 1794.