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12 Ducats - Sigismund von Schrattenbach type 3
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1753 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two allegorical female figures standing as supporters on either side of the elaborately decorated archiepiscopal coat of arms of Salzburg, each holding a banner-staff in her outer hand while clasping hands above the shield; a scroll bearing the motto CUIQUE SUUM is displayed above. The quartered armorial shield, surmounted by a cardinal's hat with pendant tassels and a cross, is set upon a decorative plinth inscribed in the exergue with the date V. APRIEL MDCCLIII, commemorating 5 April 1753. |
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Sigismund von Schrattenbach held the archbishopric from 1753 until his death in 1771, and multi-ducat presentation pieces like this were struck not for circulation but as diplomatic gifts and courtly largesse — a practice the Salzburg mint maintained with particular consistency throughout the eighteenth century. At twelve ducats weight in near-pure gold, this was an object of deliberate political theater, given to emperors, princes, and favored nobility.
The Zöttl reference places this as a type 3 striking, indicating die progression within the 1753 emission rather than a separate issue.